ISBN:
9780415491372
,
9780203872178
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xii, 254 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Asia's transformations
Parallel Title:
Print version Reclaiming Chinese Society : The New Social Activism
DDC:
303.48/4095109051
Keywords:
Income distribution
;
Social justice
;
China Economic conditions 2000-
;
China Social conditions 2000-
Abstract:
Analyses the mechanisms, processes and actors producing a wide spectrum of social and cultural changes in reform China. Contrary to most literature that emphasize economic and political processes at the expense of Chinese society, the book argues for the centrality of the social in understanding Chinese development
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; 1 Social activism in China: Agency and possibility; Part I Politics of (re)distribution; 2 Urban housing mobilizations; 3 Workers and the quest for citizenship; 4 Barefoot lawyers and rural conflicts; 5 Peasant resistance against nature reserves; Part II Politics of recognition; 6 Feminist networks; 7 Civic environmentalism; 8 Religious revival; Part III Politics of representation; 9 Film as cultural politics; 10 Bounded innovations in the media; 11 Inner city culture wars; 12 Politics of cultural heritage; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
