{"product_id":"understanding-chinese-society-norman-stockman-9780745617367","title":"Understanding Chinese Society: Theory, History, Comparison","description":"This new book provides an accessible and wide-ranging introduction to the main features of Chinese society. Drawing on a wealth of material, the author offers a fresh understanding of a unique society that has undergone continuous transformation and upheaval throughout the twentieth century. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnderstanding Chinese Society\u003c\/i\u003e looks in all its richness at the society with the largest population on earth. In order to explore long-term change and continuity, the book examines China from pre-revolutionary times to today's rapidly modernising society, although the focus is on recent change. Particular attention is paid to China's cultural traditions and hierarchical relationships in familial and wider social settings, and their fate in the modern world. Successive chapters investigate changes in the relations of rural and urban sectors of society; in the structure of families; in political and economic power; in cultural hegemony, education and the media; and in patterns of social inequality. A final chapter asks whether Chinese society is becoming more complex and differentiated in the course of modernisation and considers recent debates on the growth of civil society and democratisation.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book will be indispensable for anyone studying Chinese society, Asian societies and comparative sociology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Norman Stockman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0745617360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780745617367\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Polity Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/22\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.04h x 6.06w x 0.84d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2001 pg. 104","brand":"Norman Stockman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44128527188223,"sku":"9780745617367","price":36.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e5d9fb88-bdfd-41b5-882c-c4bfc4137f94.jpg?v=1687459112","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/understanding-chinese-society-norman-stockman-9780745617367","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}