A sociology of modern China /
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| Uniform title: | Sociologie de la Chine. |
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| Other Corporate Authors / Creators: | Doris F. Condon Library Fund (Wellesley College Library) |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | Revised and updated English edition. |
| Imprint: | New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2015. |
| Series: | CERI series in comparative politics and international studies.
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| Local Note: | Gift of the Doris F. Condon Library Fund. |
| Summary: | Jean-Louis Rocca's admirably concise A Sociology of Modern China wears its scholarship lightly and paints an intimate and complex portrait of Chinese society, all the while avoiding clichés and simplifications. He delves into China's history and examines the country's many different social strata so as to better understand the enormous challenges and opportunities with which its people are confronted.After discussing the "long march toward reform" and the crises along the way - among them the 1989 protests which culminated in the events in Tiananmen Square and elsewhere - Rocca dedicates the second half of the book to the major questions facing the country (or, at the very least, its political elites) today: new forms of social stratification; the interaction between the market and the state; growing individualism; and the pressures exerted by social conflict and political change. In eschewing culturalist visions, Rocca thoroughly and successfully deconstructs received wisdom about Chinese society to reveal a thriving nation and its people. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published in French as Une sociologie de la Chine by Éditions La Découverte in 2010. |
| Physical Description: | ix, 177 pages ; 20 cm. |
| Bibliography: | "Select bibliography": pages 159-168. Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0190231122 0190231203 9780190231125 9780190231200 |
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