ISBN:
0313308691
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9780313308697
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
Online-Ressource (vi, 301 p)
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ill
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Serie:
Contributions in sociology no. 133
Paralleltitel:
Print version The Chinese Triangle of Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong : Comparative Institutional Analyses
DDC:
306/.0951
Schlagwort(e):
Social institutions Congresses
;
Social institutions Congresses
;
Social institutions Congresses
Kurzfassung:
The Chinese triangle of mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan constitutes one of the most dynamic regions in the world economy. Since the late 1970s, these three societies have experienced increasing economic integration; however, studies aimed at analyzing and explaining this integration have often overlooked the very important role social institutions have played in the shaping of this process. To fill this gap, this book adopts a systematic institutional approach designed to examine the different patterns of institutions in the three countries and to discuss how such social institutions as
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Contents; Acknowledgment; 1 Introduction: The Origins and Transformation of the Chinese Triangle; PART I: Economic Institutions; PART II: Gender; PART III: Social Networks; PART IV: The Chinese Diaspora; Index; About the Contributors
Anmerkung:
"Selection of papers presented at a conference organized by the North American Chinese Sociologists Association (NACSA) in Toronto in August 1997"--P. [vii]
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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