Jean-Louis Rocca

A Sociology of Modern China (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Jean-Louis Rocca's admirably concise A Sociology of Modern China wears its scholarship lightly and paints an intimate and complex portrait of Chinese society, all the while avoiding clich?s and simplifications. He delves into China's history and examines the country's many different social strata so as to better understand the enormous challenges and opportunities with which its people are confronted. After discussing the long march toward reform and the crises along the way - among them the 1989 protests which culminated in the events in Tiananmen Square and elsewhere - Rocca dedicates the second half of the book to the major questions facing the country (or, at the very least, its political elites) today: new forms of social stratification; the interaction between the market and the state; growing individualism; and the pressures exerted by social conflict and political change. In eschewing culturalist visions, Rocca thoroughly and successfully deconstructs received wisdom about Chinese society to reveal a thriving nation and its people.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Januar 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780190613273
• Artikelnr.: 44754748

Autorenporträt

Jean-Louis Rocca is a sociologist, Professor and Researcher at CERI Sciences-Po in Paris and at Tsingshua University in Beijing.