Chinese Society: Change, Conflict and Resistance

by Elizabeth J. Perry (Editor)

Other authorsArthur Kleinman (Contributor), Ching Kwan Lee (Contributor), Minxin Pei (Contributor), Geremie R. Barmé (Contributor), Tyrene White (Contributor), Mark Selden (Editor), Sing Lee (Contributor), David Zweig (Contributor), Uradyn E. Bulag (Contributor), Stephan Feuchtwang (Contributor), Wang Zheng (Contributor) — 2 more, Jin Jing (Contributor), Hein Mallee (Contributor)

Paperback, 2000

Status

Available

Call number

REF.PEE

Publication

Routledge (New York, London)

Description

This bestselling introduction to Chinese society uses the themes of resistance and protest to explore the complexity of life in contemporary China. An interdisciplinary and international team of China scholars draw on perspectives from sociology, anthropology, psychology, history and political science and covers a broad range of issues.Topics covered include:labour and environmental disputesrural and ethnic conflictmigrationlegal challengesintellectual and religious dissidenceopposition to family planning.The newly