In this volume, Qi Wang traces the developmental, social, cultural, and historical origins of the autobiographical self - the self that is made of memories of the personal past and of the family and the community. Wang combines rigorous research, sensitive survey of real memories and memory conversations, and fascinating personal anecdotes into a state-of-the-art book. As a "marginal woman" who grew up in the East and works and lives in the West, Wang's analysis is unique, insightful, and approachable. Her accounts of her own family stories, extraordinarily careful and thorough documentation...
In this volume, Qi Wang traces the developmental, social, cultural, and historical origins of the autobiographical self - the self that is made of mem...
Over the past four decades in China, economic reforms have resulted in widening social-gender gaps, leading to severe gender inequalities. Using empirical data and in-depth theoretical analysis to critique China's growth-focused development path, this collection of essays closes the gap on what has been an under-discussed issue in Chinese culture.
Over the past four decades in China, economic reforms have resulted in widening social-gender gaps, leading to severe gender inequalities. Using em...
This book integrates the basic theories (GST and Parson's AGIL framework), applying them to the components of social systems, state-run and business firms. Though the discipline of systems engineering and its application to hardware engineering system are well established, social systems engineering is an emerging discipline still being explored.
This book integrates the basic theories (GST and Parson's AGIL framework), applying them to the components of social systems, state-run and business f...
