| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 275 pages) |
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NIAS studies in Asian topics ; 45 |
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NIAS studies in Asian topics ; 45.
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| Contents |
Foreword: Varieties of individualization / Ulrich Beck and Elisabeth Beck-Gernsheim -- Introduction: Conflicting images of the individual and contested process of individualization / Yunxiang Yan -- Idealizing individual choice: work, love and family in the eyes of young, rural Chinese / Mette Halskov Hansen and Cuiming Pang -- He is he and I am I: individual and collective among China's elderly / Sig Thoegersen and Ni Anru -- Individualization and the political agency of private business people in China / Joergen Delman and Yin Ziaoqing -- A collective of their own: young volunteers at the fringes of the party realm / Unn Malfrid H. Rolandsen -- Between self and community: the individual in contemporary Chinese literature / Anne Wedell-Wedellsborg -- Individual self-discipline and collective freedom in the minds of Chinese intellectuals / Rune Svarverud -- 'Friendly pressure': law and the individual in modern China / Klaus Muhlhahn -- Collective symbols and individual options: life on a state farm for returned overseas Chinese after decollectivization / Li Minghuan |
| Summary |
There is a growing individualization of China with changing perceptions of the individual and rising expectations for individual freedom, choice and individuality. How this process evolves in a country lacking two of the defining characteristics of European individualization is a question this volume explores |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Social change -- China
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Individualism -- China
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Social Psychology.
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Individualism
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Social change
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Social conditions
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| SUBJECT |
China -- Social conditions -- 2000- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2003000103
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| Subject |
China
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hansen, Mette Halskov
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Svarverud, Rune
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Nordic Institute of Asian Studies
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| ISBN |
9788776945312 |
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8776945316 |
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