China's Generation Gap

ISBN-13: 9781138647930 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 226 str.

Jiaming Sun; Dongmei Cheng

Opis

There has been a growing interest in studying generations in China in recent years in line with the attnetion China has attracted due to its economic growth and increasing political influence. The amount and the rate of development in China have unquestionably begun to alter the culture of its people and have created a Generation Gap that threatens the stability of the People's Republic of China. China's Generation Gap is a translation of a book called Generation Gap: The Background of Transition Period in China: 1991-1994 by Jiaming Sun, published in Chinese in 1997. It is based on data collected for the Generation Gap Survey in Shanghai in the early 1990s, a time when Chinese society had already begun to undergo rapid social transition. This survey was the first, and largest, sociological survey ever conducted regarding attitudes and value changes by different age groups in Shanghai and highlighted how social change and globalization have impacted on new generations, and how the generations might impact the social change as well. As a unique piece of research this book will be of huge value to anyone interested in Chinese culture and society, Chinese social policy, globalisation and cultural studies.

Spis treści

Part One: Sociological Perspectives and Methods on Generation Gaps in a Transformational Society 1. Paradigm 2. Principles 3. Hypothesis 4. Research Design Part Two: An Empirical Study on Generation Gaps 5. Generation Gaps in Work Values 6. Generation Gaps in Daily Life Values 7. Generation Gaps in Social Values 8. Generation Gaps in Cultural Values 9.  An Overlook of Generation Gaps in Contemporary China