Chinese urban life under reform : the social contract
This book provides a rare glimpse into how the Chinese urban population is experiencing the rapid shift from a planned to a market economy as workers, civil servants, intellectuals, and women report their grievances and joys at home, at work, and in the public sphere.
Print Book, English, 1999
Cambridge University Press., Cambridge, England, 1999
388 pages
9780521778657, 0521778654
1044078176
Acknowledgements; Part I. Introduction: 1. Socialist and market social contracts; 2. The urban social world; Part II. Group Interests: 3. Life chances: education and jobs; 4. Economic rewards; 5. Popular reactions to the changing social contract; 6. Labor-management relations; 7. Civil servants and bureaucratic behavior; 8. Political participation and interest articulation; Part III. Gender: 9. Gender and work William L. Parish and Sarah Busse; 10. Gender and family William L. Parish and James Farrer; Part IV. Comparisons and Conclusions: 11. Taiwan and China compared; 12. Conclusion; Appendices; References; Index.