Désirée Remmert

Young Adults in Urban China and Taiwan (eBook, ePUB)

Aspirations, Expectations, and Life Choices

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book compares aspirations and life-choices among educated young adults in urban China and Taiwan. As two places that share a cultural heritage but very different political and economic systems, it assesses how the socioeconomic and political trajectories of China and Taiwan have influenced young people's decision-making.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. August 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429535734
• Artikelnr.: 57541060

Autorenporträt

Désirée Remmert obtained her PhD in Anthropology from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), UK. Afterwards she conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Tübingen in Germany, Academia Sinica in Taiwan and at the LSE, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Introduction
1 Growing up under different regimes - childhood memories of mothers and
their children
2 Educational choices and the fostering of independence
3 Working towards the future - professional aspirations
4 Courtship and marriage in Beijing and Taipei
5 Making choices
6 Disenchantment and escape
7 Perspectives of hope
Conclusion
Index