Chinese Society
Change, Conflict and Resistance
Edited by Elizabeth J. Perry, Mark Selden
Published December 9th 1999 by Routledge – 264 pages
Series: Asia's Transformations
Description
This book, written by an interdisciplinary and international team of China scholars, offers an authoritative analysis of contemporary Chinese society, protest and resistance. Topics covered include:
* labour and environmental disputes
* rural and ethnic conflict
* migration
* legal challenges, intellectual and religious dissidence
* opposition to family planning
* suicide.
This topical volume challenges conventional images of contemporary Chinese society, providing a comprehensive resource for both undergraduates and specialists in the field.
Reviews
'This volume addresses an important aspect of China's ongoing reform process … should be read by all serious scholars of contemporary China.' - Asian Affairs
'Through well-researched articles that draw on in-depth fieldwork and ample Chinese and Western sources, this edited volume gives a good overview of the hotspots of Chinese society … it would make an excellent textbook for courses on modern China, social movements and popular protest.' - The China Quarterly
'… this exceptionally well-written and concisely edited volume deepens our understanding of the real-life effects of economic reform …' - Perspectives
' … this book succeeds in illuminating the changing attitudes towards empowerment amongst certain groups and individuals in China that are being reflected in a new era of popular protest.' - Perspectives
'This volume is wide-ranging and looks at tensions linked to everything from gender to class and events as different from each other as lawsuits are from demonstrations … .' - Weekend Review
Contents
Introduction: Reform and Resistance in Contemporary China Elizabeth J Perry and Mark Selden 1. Rights and Resistance: The Changing Contexts of the Dissident Movement Minxin Pei 2. Pathways of Labor Insurgency Ching Kwan Lee 3. Gender Employment and Women's Resistance Wang Zheng 4. Migration, Hukou and Resistance in Reform China Hein Mallee 5. Domination, Resistance and Accommodation in China's One-Child Campaign Tyrene White 6. The 'Externalities of Development': Can New Political Institutions Manage Rural Conflict? David Zweig 7. Environmental Protests in Rural China Jun Jing 8. Religion as Resistance Stephan Feuchtwang 9. Ethnic Resistance with Socialist Characteristics Uradyn E Bulag 10. The Revolution of Resistance Geremie R Barme 11. Suicide as Resistance in Chinese Society Sing Lee and Arthur Kleinman
Author Bio
Elizabeth J Perry is Professor of Government at Harvard University. Her previous books include Rebels and Revolutionaries in North China, Shanghai on Strike: The Politics of Chinese Labour, and Proletarian Power: Shanghai in the Cultural Revolution. Mark Selden is Professor of Sociology at Binghampton University. His previous books include China in Revolution: The Yenan Way Revisited, Socialist State, and The Political Economy of Chinese Socialism.
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Description: Edited by Elizabeth J. Perry, Mark Selden. This book, written by an interdisciplinary and international team of China scholars, offers an authoritative analysis of contemporary Chinese society, protest and resistance. Topics covered include:* labour and environmental disputes* rural and ethnic...
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