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The state and life chances in urban China : redistribution and stratification, 1949-1994 / Xueguang Zhou

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2004

1 Online-Ressource (xxiv, 375 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Englisch

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)

978-0-511-49940-1 ( : ebook)

978-0-521-83507-7 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-0-521-15384-3 (ISBN der parallelen Ausgabe)

OCoLC: 967490080     

Elektronische Ressource: Zugang über Resolving-System (Lizenzangabe: Lizenzpflichtig)

Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.1017/CBO9780511499401

HM821

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LOC-SH: China -- Economic policy -- 1976-2000 ; China -- Social conditions -- 1949- ; Social stratification -- China

Social stratification ; China ; China ; Social conditions ; 1949- ; China ; Economic policy ; 1976-2000

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

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Redistribution and stratification dynamics under state socialism -- Overview : historical context and research design -- Educational stratification -- Entry into the labor force : patterns of first-job attainment -- Children of the cultural revolution : the send-down episode -- Climbing the political ladder : bureaucratic career patterns -- Economic transformation and changes in income inequality -- Redistribution and latent economic benefits -- Institutional changes and patterns of job shifts -- Economic transformation and life chances : a life-course perspective -- Social stratification under state socialism : summary and assessment -- Stratification dynamics and institutional transformation