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The State and Life Chances in Urban China, 1949-1994
Author: The State and Life Chances in Urban China
Author: Xueguang ZhouPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781139442510
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
This book presents a systematic study of social stratification processes in urban China, from 1949 to 1994. Based on the life histories of a sample of urban residents from 20 Chinese cities, this book addresses two themes: (1) the interplay between redistribution and social stratification under state socialism in urban China, especially the impact of the state and state policies on individual life chances, in such areas as education, labor force participation, promotion in organizations, and the distribution of manifest and latent economic benefits; (2) an assessment of sources and extent of China's economic transformation since the 1980s. The author blends sociological analysis and sensitivity to the historical context in interpreting changes and continuity in the 45-year history of state socialist China. This is a comprehensive and rigorous study of social stratification in China.
The State and Life Chances in Urban China
Author: Xueguang ZhouPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521835077
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Using life history information of a national sample of urban Chinese residents, this book examines how shifting state policies and political processes led to drastic fluctuations of opportunities in education attainment, employment, promotions, and economic benefits over a 45-year history. The author addresses issues about the evolution of state socialism in China and the sources and extent of fundamental changes over the last two decades to demonstrate how the socialist state's policies affected everyday life in urban China.
The State and Life Chances in Urban China
Author: Xueguang ZhouThe State and Life Chances in Rrban China, 1949-1994
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The main goal of this study was to examine life chances among urban residents of China over time. Respondents aged 25-65 provided retrospective information concerning their education, work experience, political party membership, housing, family structure, and other social indicators. Those polled were asked about the type of education they received, whether they had an educational specialty (law, medicine, etc.), and what the location of their school was. Housing information collected on respondents included number of residents in the household, number of rooms, and living space, as well as whether there was a kitchen, tap water, a toilet, and a phone in the household. Respondents were also asked when they started working, in what economic sector, what the size of their work unit was, where it was located, and the type of ownership, as well as what their occupation was, whether it was a permanent or a temporary job, and the type of official position they held (party, administrative, technical, or other position). Additionally, respondents described their satisfaction with current living conditions and their state of health, and provided information on their family background (peasants, workers, military, clerks, etc.). Other information gathered on respondents included gender, date of birth, marital status, number of children, number of siblings, Youth League and Communist Party membership, and respondents' monthly income. Basic information related to respondents' parents (age, education, occupation, Communist Party membership, and others) was also provided. The same information was collected on respondents' spouses (spousal information was provided by either the spouse or the respondent) ... Cf. : http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/03552.xml.
Work and Inequality in Urban China
Author: Yanjie BianPublisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 0791496724
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
This book offers a systematic analysis of the impact of work organization on the social stratification of individuals in urban China. It explains why economic and labor market segmentation is possible and necessary in state socialism at a certain stage of its development, as in market capitalism, and how important one's work unit or danwei is to the life of socialist workers in Chinese cities. Based on survey data, personal interviews, and official statistics, the author shows that structural allocation, status inheritance, educational achievement, political virtue, and interpersonal connections (guanxi) interplay in determining an individual's opportunities for entering and moving into a desirable place to work, for obtaining Communist party membership and an elite class status, and for receiving material compensation such as wages, bonuses, fringe benefits, housing, and home locations.
The Oxford Handbook of the History of Communism
Author: S. A. SmithPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199602050
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 674
Book Description
Draws on documentation released since the fall of the Soviet Union to offer a global history of communism in the twentieth century.
The State and Life Chances in Urban China
Author: Xueguang ZhouPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521153843
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Using life history information of a national sample of urban Chinese residents, this book examines how shifting state policies and political processes led to drastic fluctuations of opportunities in education attainment, employment, promotions, and economic benefits over a 45-year history. The author addresses issues about the evolution of state socialism in China and the sources and extent of fundamental changes over the last two decades to demonstrate how the socialist state's policies affected everyday life in urban China.
Inequality in Public School Admission in Urban China
Author: Jing LiuPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 9811087180
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
This book explores and interprets discourses and practices in school admissions to public lower secondary education in urban China by utilizing a discourse analysis approach and a case study method. It identifies continuities and changes in discourses shaped by diverse forces in public lower secondary school admissions in the context of China’s social transformation from a profit-driven society to a more equitable society, and elucidates the power relationships among stakeholders in public school admissions by analysing their interplay in the process. More importantly, it exposes how current socio-economic, institutional and educational systems are shaping the engagement of stakeholders in the public school admissions process. It also presents some on-going projects intended to yield new policies and practices for more equitable public secondary education in China in the development stage of the post-2015.
Thirty Years of Reform and Social Changes in China
Author: Qiang LiPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004187162
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 521
Book Description
Thirty Years of Reform and Social Changes in China is translated from the original Chinese to provide a look into how scholars in China have been assessing their country's recent societal and political history. This volume and the others in the SSRC series, provide western scholars with an accessible English language look at the state of current scholarship in China on the interplay of the country's political and economic reforms with the society and daily life of its people.