{"product_id":"chinese-urban-life-under-reform-the-changing-social-contract-paperback-9780521778657","title":"Chinese Urban Life under Reform; The Changing Social Contract (Paperback) 9780521778657","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eChinese Urban Life under Reform\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Changing Social Contract\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book examines how urban China is experiencing the shift from a planned to a market economy.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eWenfang Tang (Author), William L. Parish (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521778657, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 28 January 2000\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e412 pages, 12 b\/w illus.  24 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.555 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… this is an enjoyable stimulating and rewarding book, whether used as a textbook or as a book that specialists in Chinese Studies will refer to. I would have no hesitation in recommending the book to undergraduates and fellow researchers alike.' Journal of International Development\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book provides a rare glimpse into how the Chinese urban population is experiencing the rapid shift from a planned to a market economy. The authors, using a dozen recent national social surveys, give voice to workers, civil servants, intellectuals, and women, who report their grievances and joys at home, at work, and in the public sphere. With fresh data on newly emerging patterns of economic inequality, labor-management relations, popular grievances, political participation, and gender inequality, the book comprehensively analyzes how the shifting social contract influences ordinary people's lives. With comparative data from the more market-based Taiwan, the book illuminates the directions in which China might be headed.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Introduction: 1. Socialist and market social contracts\u003cbr\u003e 2. The urban social world\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Group Interests: 3. Life chances: education and jobs\u003cbr\u003e 4. Economic rewards\u003cbr\u003e 5. Popular reactions to the changing social contract\u003cbr\u003e 6. Labor-management relations\u003cbr\u003e 7. Civil servants and bureaucratic behavior\u003cbr\u003e 8. Political participation and interest articulation\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Gender: 9. Gender and work William L. Parish and Sarah Busse\u003cbr\u003e 10. Gender and family William L. Parish and James Farrer\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Comparisons and Conclusions: 11. Taiwan and China compared\u003cbr\u003e 12. Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Appendices\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20\u0026amp;%20anthropology%20%5BJH%5D%22\"\u003eJH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006058975512,"sku":"9780521778657","price":38.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521778657i_ef353277-ca50-4f0b-b9ef-5685ad793da2.jpg?v=1691367843","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/chinese-urban-life-under-reform-the-changing-social-contract-paperback-9780521778657","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}