Social Stratification in Chinese Societies

by Kwok-bun, Chan; Ku, Agnes S.; Yin-wah, Chu

• ISBN13: 9789004181922
• ISBN10: 900418192X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-12-30
• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub

Summary

The annual is a venue of publication for sociological studies of Chinese societies and the Chinese all over the world. The main focus is on social transformations in Hong Kong, Taiwan, the mainland, Singapore and Chinese overseas.

Table of Contents

From the Editor	p. ix
Authors' Biographies	p. xi
Special Focus: Social Stratification in Chinese Societies
Introduction: Institution, Culture, and Social Stratification: Towards a Comparative Study of Chinese Societies	p. 3
How Angry Are Chinese Citizens About Current Inequalities? Evidence from A National Survey	p. 17
Durable Inequality: Who Are China's New Urban Poor?	p. 55
The Transformation of the Chinese Class Structure, 1978-2005	p. 81
The Effects of Human Capital on Job Promotions in Taiwan: A Comparison of Schooling, Tenure and Training	p. 113
Hong Kong's Changing Opportunity Structures: Political Concerns and Sociological Observations	p. 141
Articles
Cultural Localization and Its Local Discontents: Contested Evaluations of Cantopop Electronic Dance Music	p. 167
A Comparative Study on the Corporatization of Higher Education in Hong Kong and Singapore	p. 191
Researching Korean Children's Schooling Experience Behind the Model Minority Stereotype in China: An Ethnographic Approach	p. 225
Book Reviews
Women in China's Long Twentieth Century	p. 247
The China Price: The True Cost of Chinese Competitive Advantage	p. 250
Colonial Hong Kong and Modern China: Interaction and Reintegration	p. 251
The First Decade: The Hong Kong SAR in Retrospective and Introspective Perspectives	p. 254
In Search of an Identity: The Politics of History as a School Subject in Hong Kong, 1960s-2005	p. 258
Transnational Identities and Practices in Canada	p. 261
Notice to Contributors	p. 265
Notice to Subscribers	p. 269
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