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1 online resource (xii, 332 pages) : color illustrations |
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International perspectives on social policy, administration, and practice ; volume 1 |
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International perspectives on social policy, administration, and practice ; v. 1.
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| Contents |
1. Introduction: gender, ethnicity, labor, and the environment as social issues and public policy challenges / Sheying Chen and Zhidong Hao -- Part I. Gender relations in China. 2. Rural Chinese women's political participation: problems and prospects / Chiew-Siang Bryan Ho and Qin Li -- 3. Self-assertive mistresses and corrupt officials: the complex interdependencies / Helen Xiaoyan Wu -- 4. Domestic labor, gendered intergenerational contract and shared elderly care in rural South China / Clara Wai-chun To -- 5. The growth and dilemma of women's NGOs in China : a case study of the Beijing Zhingze Legal Consulting Service Center for Women / Jun Li -- Part II. Ethnic relations in China. 6. Language, learning and identity: problematizing the education for Tibetans / Chung Dolma -- 7. Interpreting the ethnicization of social conflict in China: ethnonationalism, identity, and social justice / Grace Cheng -- 8. A harmonious society: national policies and ethnic relations / A. Tom Grunfeld -- 9. NGO development in China's ethnic areas / Xu Liu -- Part III. Labor relations in China. 10. Labor contract, trade union membership and workplace relations : a study of migrant workers in Guangdong Province, China / Zhiming Cheng, Haining Wang, and Yuanyuan Chen -- 11. Labor protection for migrant workers in China: a perspective of institutional reform / Qingwen Xu -- 12. From societization of workers' rights defending to the construction of corporate social responsibility: the experience of Yiwu City's General Trade Union / Xinjun Gao -- 13. The role of intellectuals in contemporary China's labor movement: a preliminary exploration / Zhidong Hao -- Part IV. The environmental movement. 14. Environmental problems in China: issues and prospects / Peter Zabielskis -- 15. The struggle for survival : a case study of an environmental NGO in Zhejiang Province / Hao Xin and Jing Yang -- 16. Public participation in environmental protection in China: three case analyses / Wanxin Li, Jieyan Liu, and Duoduo Li -- 17. Political opportunity and the anti-dam movement in China: a case study of Nu River / Kin-man Chan and Yan Zhou |
| Summary |
Social Issues in China: Gender, Ethnicity, Labor, and the Environment Zhidong Hao and Sheying Chen, editors. One of the great ironies of world politics belongs to China. Having carried out a revolution to reform societal ills, it has ended up with broadly the same problems as the West: gender inequities, ethnic conflict, labor disputes, and environmental decline. Now, in tandem with its recent economic development, movements toward social justice are poised to further transform the nation. Social Issues in China offers a fascinating multilayered study of wide-scale problems and the actors and activists involved in their possible solutions. Divided equally among gender, labor, ethnicity, and the environment (with some matters compounded by questions of age and geography), chapters illuminate tensions between public policy--some recent, others centuries old--and public participation by intellectuals and various disadvantaged groups. A constant throughout these pages is the potential for change in a nation's political, social, and cultural institutions, toward a more responsive society, a more responsible government, and improved quality of life for its people. Among the featured concerns: Rural Chinese women's political participation: problems and prospects. Domestic labor, gendered intergenerational contracts, and shared elder care in rural South China. Interpreting the ethnicization of social conflict in China. Language, learning, and identity: problematizing education in Tibet. Trade union membership and workplace relations. The struggle for survival and impact: case studies of NGOs involved in gender, ethnicity, labor, and environmental issues. A volume with global implications, Social Issues in China gives sociologists, political scientists, psychologists, educators, and public policymakers a profound lens for understanding social problems and social change processes--in its title country, and in general |
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Having carried out a revolution to reform societal ills, China has ended up with broadly the same problems as the West: gender inequities, ethnic conflict, labor disputes, and environmental decline. Now, with its recent economic development, movements toward social justice are poised to further transform the nation. This book offers a multilayered study of wide-scale problems and the actors and activists involved in their possible solutions. A constant throughout the book is the potential for change in a nation's political, social, and cultural institutions, toward a more responsive society, a more responsible government, and improved quality of life for its people |
| Notes |
"Publication date: 23 Aug, 2013"--Title details web page |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from e-book title screen (EBL platform, viewed October 24, 2016) |
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Social problems -- China
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Women's rights -- China
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Labor laws and legislation -- China
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Environmentalism -- China
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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Droit.
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Sciences sociales.
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Sciences humaines.
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Environmentalism
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Ethnic relations
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Labor laws and legislation
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Social conditions
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Social policy
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Social problems
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Women's rights
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| SUBJECT |
China -- Social policy
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China -- Social conditions -- 2000- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2003000103
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China -- Ethnic relations
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| Subject |
China
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hao, Zhidong, 1952- editior.
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Chen, Sheying, editor.
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| ISBN |
9781461422242 |
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1461422248 |
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