Social Transition in China

by Jie, Zhang; Xiaibing, Li; Jiafang, Chen; Weixing, Chen; Xiagang, Deng; Fan, Jessie X.; Zhaohui, Hong; Jian, Li; Xiaobing, Li; Guoli, Liu; Jian, Xiao Jing; Guangqiu, Xu; Xiaohe, Xu; Yinzhou, Xu; Yanmin, Yu; Baohui, Zhang; Lening, Zhang

• ISBN13: 9780761811466
• ISBN10: 076181146X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-07-30
• Publisher: UPA

Summary

Social Transition in China brings together the views of eleven Chinese scholars as presented at the International Symposium on Socio-Economic Transition and Cultural Reconstruction in China. These contributors combine first-hand knowledge of China with study in the United States to provide qualified assessments of the social changes brought about in China by the economic reform begun by Deng Xiaoping. They examine the change to a free market, a more democratic government, and the modernization of China through the details of political change, the rural atmosphere, and the attitudes held by the people of contemporary China.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	v
Note on Transliteration	vii
Introduction: Social-Economic Transition and Cultural Reconstruction in China	1	(18)
Li Xiaobing
Part One Tradition vs. Changes
Political Culture and Social Change: Rethinking China's Experience	19	(16)
Liu Guoli
The Social Origins of Historical Changes in Freedom of Mate Choice under State Socialism: The Case of Urban China	35	(28)
Xu Xiaohe
Part Two Rural Challenge
The Role of Villager Committees in Rural China's Stability	63	(24)
Hong Zhaohui
Economic Reform and Social Instability in Rural China	87	(16)
Chen Weixing
Fiscal Reform and State Capacity Building	103	(30)
Zhang Baohui
Part Three Reforming or Revolting Society
The Effects of Structural Changes in Community and Work Unit in China	133	(22)
Zhang Lening
Deng Xiaogang
Crime in China's Modernization	155	(16)
Chen Jiafang
The Development of Communication Information Infrastructure: A Revolution in Networking	171	(18)
Yu Yanmin
Part Four Changed Image
Student Attitudes toward Free Markets: China and the United States Compared	189	(24)
Jessie X. Fan
Xiao Jing J.
Xu Yinzhou
The Effect of Social Changes on Address Norms in China	213	(18)
Li Jian
The Resurgence of Chinese Anti-Americanism in the Post-Cold War Era	231	(22)
Xu Guangqiu
About the Contributors	253