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  • Media, Identity, and Struggle in Twenty-First-Century China

    Edited by Rachel Murphy, Vanessa L. Fong ...
    How are different groups of people such as sex workers, migrant workers, rural cadres and homosexuals represented in China’s media? How accurately do representations created by the media reflect the lived experiences of Chinese people? Do Chinese people accept the representations and messages disseminated by the media? Can they use the media to portray their own interests? How are media practices ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • I Am Not Your ATM: A Practical Plan For Teaching Your Teen About Money

    by Rachel Murphy ...
    Money conversations can be difficult. If you are like most people, no one taught you about money. In fact, you may still sometimes feel like you don't know what you are doing and are unsure of how to teach money principles to your teen. One thing is for sure, you know that you don't want them to struggle financially when they get out on their own.I know you are the kind of person who wants to do ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Children of China's Great Migration

    by Rachel Murphy ...
    In China in 2018 over 200 million rural migrants worked away from their home villages, fuelling the country's rapid economic boom. In the 2010s over sixty-one million rural children had at least one parent who had migrated without them, while nearly half had been left behind by both parents. Rachel Murphy draws on her longitudinal fieldwork in two landlocked provinces to explore the experiences of ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • Chinese Citizenship

    Views from the Margins

    Edited by Vanessa L. Fong, Rachel Murphy ...
    Series series Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy
    Bringing a new dimension to the study of citizenship, Chinese Citizenship examines how individuals at the margins of Chinese society deal with state efforts to transform them into model citizens in the late 1990s and early 2000s.Based on extensive original research, the authors argue that social and cultural citizenship has a greater impact on people’s lives than legal, civil and political ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Labour Migration and Social Development in Contemporary China

    Edited by Rachel Murphy ...
    Series series Comparative Development and Policy in Asia
    Since the mid-1980s, mass migration from the countryside to urban areas has been one of the most dramatic and noticeable changes in China. Labour migration has not only exerted a profound impact on China’s economy; it has also had far-reaching consequences for its social development. This book examines labour migration in China, focusing on the social dimensions of this phenomenon, as well as on ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

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  • Contemporary China

    Society and Social Change

    by Tamara Jacka, Sally Sargeson, Andrew B. Kipnis ...
    China's rapid economic growth, modernization and globalization have led to astounding social changes. Contemporary China provides a fascinating portrayal of society and social change in the contemporary People's Republic of China. This book introduces readers to key sociological perspectives, themes and debates about Chinese society. It explores topics such as family life, citizenship, gender, ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • China on the Move

    Migration, the State, and the Household

    by C. Cindy Fan ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Human Geography
    China on the Move offers a new and more thorough explanation of migration, which integrates knowledge from geography, population studies, sociology and politics; to help us understand the processes of social, political, and economic change associated with powerful migration streams so essential to Chinese development.Using a large body of research, clear and attractive illustrations (maps, tables, ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • Understanding Chinese Society

    Edited by Xiaowei Zang ...
    This second edition of Understanding Chinese Society provides a comprehensive, readable, and well-grounded introduction to the key issues affecting contemporary China. A thorough analysis is undertaken not only of China’s family patterns, education system, status, hierarchy, and ethnic diversity, but also of China’s mass media, legal system and social control, work, and cultural expression. As ... Read more

    $79.99 USD

  • Contemporary South Korean Society

    A Critical Perspective

    Edited by Hee-Yeon Cho, Lawrence Surendra, Hyo-Je Cho ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Korean Studies
    The growing importance of the Korean economy in the global arena and the spread of the so-called ‘Korean wave’ in Asia mean there is an increasing desire to understand contemporary Korean Society. To this end, this book provides a critical and progressive analysis of the diverse issues that impact on and shape contemporary Korean society at both local and national levels.The contributors address ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Contested Citizenship in East Asia

    Developmental Politics, National Unity, and Globalization

    Edited by Kyung-Sup Chang, Bryan Turner ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Sociology
    Theories of citizenship from the West – pre-eminently those by T.H. Marshall – provide only a limited insight into East Asian political history.The Marshallian trajectory – juridical, political and social rights – was not repeated in Asia and the late nineteenth-century debate about liberalism and citizenship among intellectuals in Japan and China was eventually stifled by war, colonialism and ... Read more

    $56.99 USD

  • Unequal China

    The political economy and cultural politics of inequality

    Edited by Wanning Sun, Yingjie Guo ...
    Series series Routledge Studies on China in Transition
    Economic development and a dramatic improvement in living standards in many parts of the People’s Republic of China during the past three decades of economic reforms have been hailed by the Chinese Communist Party and many commentators in the international arena as the most spectacular achievements in the history of humanity. However, three decades of economic reforms have also transformed China ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • The SAGE Handbook of Contemporary China

    Edited by Weiping Wu, Mark W. Frazier ...
    The study of contemporary China constitutes a fascinating yet challenging area of scholarly inquiry. Recent decades have brought dramatic changes to China′s economy, society and governance. Analyzing such changes in the context of multiple disciplinary perspectives offers opportunites as well as challenges for scholars in the field known as contemporary China Studies. The SAGE Handbook of ... Read more

    $268.19 USD