Urban Life in Contemporary China
Urban Life in Contemporary China

Author: Martin King Whyte

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 1985-11-15

Total Pages: 432

ISBN-13: 0226895491

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Through interviews with city residents, Martin King Whyte and William L. Parish provide a unique survey of urban life in the last decade of Mao Zedong's rule. They conclude that changes in society produced under communism were truly revolutionary and that, in the decade under scrutiny, the Chinese avoided ostensibly universal evils of urbanism with considerable success. At the same time, however, they find that this successful effort spawned new and equally serious urban problems—bureaucratic rigidity, low production, and more.

Urban Spaces in Contemporary China
Urban Spaces in Contemporary China

Author: Deborah Davis

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1995-07-28

Total Pages: 468

ISBN-13: 9780521479431

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Explores the impact of post-Mao reforms on the economic, social and cultural dimensions of China's cities.

One Country, Two Societies
One Country, Two Societies

Author: Martin K. Whyte

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2010-02-25

Total Pages: 462

ISBN-13: 9780674036307

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"A collection of essays that analyzes China's foremost social cleavage: the rural-urban gap. It examines the historical background of rural-urban relations; the size and trend in the income gap between rural and urban residents; aspects of inequality apart from income; and, experiences of discrimination, particularly among urban migrants." -- BOOK PUBLISHER WEBSITE.

Chinese Urban Life Under Reform
Chinese Urban Life Under Reform

Author: Wenfang Tang

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2000-01-28

Total Pages: 412

ISBN-13: 9780521778657

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This book examines how urban China is experiencing the shift from a planned to a market economy.

Contemporary China
Contemporary China

Author: Tamara Jacka

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2013-09-30

Total Pages: 327

ISBN-13: 1107292298

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China's rapid economic growth, modernization and globalization have led to astounding social changes. Contemporary China provides a fascinating portrayal of society and social change in the contemporary People's Republic of China. This book introduces readers to key sociological perspectives, themes and debates about Chinese society. It explores topics such as family life, citizenship, gender, ethnicity, labour, religion, education, class and rural/urban inequalities. It considers China's imperial past, the social and institutional legacies of the Maoist era, and the momentous forces shaping it in the present. It also emphasises diversity and multiplicity, encouraging readers to consider new perspectives and rethink Western stereotypes about China and its people. Real-life case studies illustrate the key features of social relations and change in China. Definitions of key terms, discussion questions and lists of further reading help consolidate learning. Including full-colour maps and photographs, this book offers remarkable insight into Chinese society and social change.

The City in China
The City in China

Author: Forrest, Ray

Publisher: Bristol University Press

Published: 2020-07-15

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 1529205522

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In 1915 Robert Park penned his seminal paper “The City: Suggestions for the investigation of human behaviour in the city environment”. This essay provided an agenda for the Chicago School of Urban Sociology, which formed the basis of urban research for decades. Given that China’s urban centres now occupy the spotlight that once belonged to American cities, Park’s essay is a platform and point of departure for this volume, which gathers together reflections from a broad range of urban China specialists to consider Park’s (ir)relevance today – for cities in China, for questions about the social life of the city and for urban research more generally. Essential for a broad range of urban studies scholars, this book is an invaluable teaching resource and a useful tool for policy-makers and planners.

Urban Spaces in Contemporary China
Urban Spaces in Contemporary China

Author: Deborah S. Davis

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1995-08-25

Total Pages: 464

ISBN-13: 9780521474108

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The post-Mao urban reforms of the past decade have physically and psychologically transformed China's cities. Urban Spaces in Contemporary China explores how the character of city life changed after political-economic restructuring intensified in 1984, and how this change affected the creation of new physical, economic and cultural space in urban China. Drawing on a wide range of backgrounds, including economics, art history, law, and sociology, the authors bring personal insights to dimensions of urban Chinese life that are often misunderstood: China's large "floating populations," avant-garde art, labor movements, and leisure.

Rural Origins, City Lives
Rural Origins, City Lives

Author: Roberta Zavoretti

Publisher:

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780295999241

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Many of the millions of workers streaming in from rural China to jobs at urban factories soon find themselves in new kinds of poverty and oppression. Yet, their individual experiences are far more nuanced than popular narratives might suggest. Rural Origins, City Lives probes long-held assumptions about migrant workers in China. Drawing on fieldwork in Nanjing, Roberta Zavoretti argues that many rural-born urban-dwellers are--contrary to state policy and media portrayals--heterogeneous in their employment, lifestyle, and aspirations. Working and living in the cities, rural-born workers change China's urban landscape, becoming part of an increasingly diversified and stratified society. Zavoretti finds that, over thirty years after the Open Door Reform, class formation, not residence status, is key to understanding inequality in contemporary China.

Handbook on Urban Development in China
Handbook on Urban Development in China

Author: Ray Yep

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published:

Total Pages: 432

ISBN-13: 1786431637

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The trajectory and logic of urban development in post-Mao China have been shaped and defined by the contention between domestic and global capital, central and local state and social actors of different class status and endowment. This urban transformation process of historic proportion entails new rules for distribution and negotiation, novel perceptions of citizenship, as well as room for unprecedented spontaneity and creativity. Based on original research by leading experts, this book offers an updated and nuanced analysis of the new logic of urban governance and its implications.

On the Move
On the Move

Author: Arianne M. Gaetano

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 367

ISBN-13: 0231127073

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'On the Move' looks at the fate of women in recent rural-urban migration in China. An estimated 100 million people have moved into China's cities since the beginning of economic modernization, often to work for the lowest wages in hazardous occupations.