Chinese Urban Life Under Reform: The Changing Social ContractThis book provides a rare glimpse into how the Chinese urban population is experiencing the rapid shift from a planned to a market economy. Using a dozen, recent national surveys, the authors 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 emerging patterns of economic inequality, labor-management relations, popular grievances, political participation, and gender inequality, the book analyzes how the shifting social contract influences ordinary people's lives and China's future directions. |
Contents
Socialist and Market Social Contracts | 3 |
The Urban Social World | 17 |
Life Chances Education and Jobs | 51 |
Economic Rewards | 79 |
Popular Reactions to the Changing Social Contract | 102 |
LaborManagement Relations | 128 |
Civil Servants and Bureaucratic Behavior | 163 |
Political Participation and Interest Articulation | 184 |
Gender and Work | 209 |
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Chinese Urban Life Under Reform: The Changing Social Contract Wenfang Tang,William L. Parish No preview available - 2000 |
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