Tous les ebooks de la collection "China Today" - Polity

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Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Crime and Control in China Børge Bakken China is a transitional society with one of the highest inequality rates in the world. Criminologists would typify this as a highly toxic combination, creating very high levels of crime. YetChina reports extremely low crime rates. How might this be? With this book,... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2022-10-12 Collection : China Today PDF, ePub 21,52 € PDF ePub
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies China and Africa Daniel Large China has gone from being a marginal to a leading power in Africa in just over two decades. Its striking ascendancy in the continent is commonly thought to have been primarily driven by economic interests, especially resources like oil. This book argues instead that... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2021-08-25 Collection : China Today ePub 19,10 €
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Religion in China Adam Yuet Chau In recent years, there has been an astonishing revival of religious practices in China. Looking beyond numerical counts of religious practitioners, temples, and churches, anthropologist Adam Yuet Chau's vivid study explores how religion is embedded in contemporary... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2019-07-12 Collection : China Today ePub 19,10 €
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Education in China Janette Ryan Throughout its history, education in China has played a pivotal role in the nation’s governance, civic society, and the social and cultural lives of its citizens. Today we see a nation grappling with how to modernize and internationalize its education system, while... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2019-05-07 Collection : China Today ePub 19,02 €
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Guanxi, How China Works Yanjie Bian How do social relations, or guanxi, matter in China today and how can this distinctive form of personal connection be better understood? In Guanxi:How China Works, Yanjie Bian analyzes the forms, dynamics, and impacts of guanxi relations in reform-era China, and shows... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2019-03-04 Collection : China Today ePub 19,08 €
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Innovation in China Collectif China is in the midst of transitioning from a manufacturing-based economy to one driven by innovation and knowledge. This up-to-date analysis evaluates China's state-led approach to science and technology, and its successes and failures. In recent decades,China has seen... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2018-10-15 Collection : China Today ePub 19,11 €
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Popular Protest in China Teresa Wright Popular protest in China has been widespread and prevalent. Why do people protest and how are such demonstrations handled by the authorities? Could they ultimately imperil China’s political system? In this book, Teresa Wright analyzes the array of protests that have... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2018-07-26 Collection : China Today ePub 18,73 €
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Mental Health in China Jie Yang China's massive economic restructuring in recent decades has generated alarming incidences of mental disorder affecting over one hundred million people. This timely book provides an anthropological analysis of mental health in China through an exploration of psychology,... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2017-11-10 Collection : China Today ePub 19,10 €
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Human Rights in China Eva Pils How can we make sense of human rights in China's authoritarian Party-State system? Eva Pils offers a nuanced account of this contentious area, examining human rights as a set of social practices. Drawing on a wide range of resources including years of interaction with... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2017-11-10 Collection : China Today ePub 19,10 €
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Population in China Nancy E. Riley China is home to a fifth of the world?s inhabitants. For the last several decades, this huge population has been in flux: fertility has fallen sharply, mortality has declined, and massive rural-to-urban migration is taking place. The state has played a direct role in... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2016-12-16 Collection : China Today ePub 19,10 €
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Family Life in China William R. Jankowiak , Robert L. Moore The family has long been viewed as both a microcosm of the state and a barometer of social change in China. It is no surprise, therefore, that the dramatic changes experienced by Chinese society over the past century have produced a wide array of new family systems.... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2016-11-28 Collection : China Today ePub 19,10 €
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Youth Cultures in China Jeroen De Kloet , Anthony Y. H. Fung What does it mean to be young in a country that is changing so fast?What does it mean to be young in a place ruled by one Party, during a time of intense globalization and exposure to different cultures? This fascinating and informative book explores the lives of... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2016-11-11 Collection : China Today ePub 19,10 €
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Advertising and Consumer Culture in China Hongmei Li This book provides a comprehensive analysis of Chinese advertising as an industry, a discourse and profession in China’s search for modernity and cultural globalization. It compares and contrasts the advertising practices of Chinese advertising agencies and foreign... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2016-09-06 Collection : China Today ePub 19,10 €
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Migrant Labor in China Pun Ngai Long known as the world's factory, China is the largest manufacturing economy ever seen, accounting for more than 10% of global exports. China is also, of course, home to the largest workforce on the planet, the crucial element behind its staggering economic success.... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2016-04-22 Collection : China Today ePub 19,10 €
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Children in China Orna Naftali Chinese childhood is undergoing a major transformation. This book explores how government policies introduced in China over the last few decades and processes of social and economic change are reshaping the lives of children and the meanings of childhood in complex,... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2016-03-31 Collection : China Today ePub 19,10 €
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies China's Military Transformation You Ji China?s military transformation is one of the major geo-strategic developments of the 21st Century. Billions of dollars are being spent modernizing The People?s Liberation Army (PLA) as China seeks to upgrade and expand its military capabilities to rival the US. In... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2016-01-25 Collection : China Today ePub 19,10 €
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies The Global Rise of China Yin-Wah Chu , Alvin Y. So , Yin-Wah Chu This book sets out to unravel and explain the puzzle of the global rise of China: how, in just forty years, China has been quickly transformed from a poor, backward third-world country to one of the world’s core economic powerhouses. Exactly how did this Chinese... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2015-12-08 Collection : China Today ePub 19,10 €
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies China and Taiwan Steven M. Goldstein Relations between Taiwan and the People?s Republic of China have oscillated between outright hostility and wary detente ever since the Archipelago seceded from the Communist mainland over six decades ago. While the mainland has long coveted the island, Taiwan has... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2015-11-12 Collection : China Today ePub 19,10 €
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Sex in China Haiqing Yu , Elaine Jeffreys Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2015Sex in China introduces readers to some of the dramatic shifts that have taken place in Chinese sexual behaviours and attitudes, and public discussions of sex, since the 1980s. The book explores what it means to talk about ?sex?... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2015-06-05 Collection : China Today ePub 19,10 €
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Ethnicity in China: A Critical Introduction Xiaowei Zang On the global stage, China is often seen to be a homogenous nation when, in fact, it is a diverse multi-ethnic society, with 55 minority nationality groups recognized by the government. Scattered across the vast landmass, ethnic minorities in China occupy a precarious... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2015-06-05 Collection : China Today ePub 19,10 €
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