Chinese Urban Life Under Reform: The Changing Social Contract (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521778657)

This 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 direction.

Author: Wenfang Tang,William L. Parish
ISBN-10: 0521778654
ISBN-13: 9780521778657
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 01/28/2000
Pages: 412
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.33lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.92d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 10/01/2000 pg. 415