Northern and Southern China

ISBN-13: 9781032022949 / Miękka / 2023 / 360 str.

Opis

This edited volume examines regional differences in social structure in rural China and elaborates the characteristics, reasons and practical implications to policymaking of this.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Regional Variations in Rural China from the Perspective of Social Structure  2. Regional Difference in China's Rural Areas and the Formulation of the Middle-Range Theory  Part 1: Family  3. Regional Variations in Family Development in China's Rural Areas  4. Regional Variations in Family Division in Rural China  5. Regional Difference of Elderly Support Patterns in China's Rural Areas  Part 2: Mianzi and Renqing  6. Regional Difference in Mianzi and Mianzi Competition in China's Rural Society  7. Regional Variations in Renqing in Ceremonial or Ritualized Situations  Part 3: Society  8. Regional Variations in Suicide Incidence in Rural China  9. Studies on China's Bachelors from the Perspective of Regional Difference  10. Regional Difference in the Change of the Social Status of the Elders  Part 4: Governance  11. Regional Difference in Fertility Behavior in China's Rural Areas

O autorze

He Xuefeng is a professor in the School of Sociology at Wuhan University and the director of the China Rural Governance Research Center at Wuhan University. His main research interests are rural governance studies and rural construction practice.