Reclaiming Chinese Society (eBook, ePUB)

The New Social Activism
Redaktion: Hsing, You-Tien; Lee, Ching Kwan

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Analyses the mechanisms, processes and actors producing a wide spectrum of social and cultural changes in reform China. Contrary to most literature that emphasize economic and political processes at the expense of Chinese society, the book argues for the centrality of the social in understanding Chinese development.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Oktober 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135277284
• Artikelnr.: 38261336

Autorenporträt

You-tien Hsing is Associate Professor of Geography at the University of California at Berkeley, USA. Ching Kwan Lee is a Professor of Sociology, UCLA, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Social Activism in China: Micro-foundations, Local impetus and Global
Resources Ching Kwan Lee and You-tien Hsing Part 1: Politics of
(Re)distribution 2. Urban Housing Mobilizations You-tien Hsing 3.Workers
and the Quest for Citizenship Ching Kwan Lee 4. Barefoot Lawyers and Rural
Conflicts Ying Xing 5. Peasant Resistance against Nature Reserves Melinda
Herrold-Menzies Part 2: Politics of Recognition 6. Feminist Networks Zheng
Wang 7. Civic Environmentalism Guobin Yang 8. Religious Revival Richard
Madsen Part 3: Politics of Representation 9. Film as Cultural Politics
Seio Nakajima 10. Bounded Innovations in the Media Zhongdang Pan 11. Inner
City Culture Wars Maxwell Woodworth 12. Politics of Cultural Heritage
Magnus Fiskesjo