Social stratification of contemporary China
Subtitle: definitive survey and analysis
By: by Li Qiang
Publisher: Bridge21 Publications, LLC
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Encino, California
Language: eng
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9781626430372
Subjects: Social classes; Social stratification; Social structure
Description: "Social stratification in contemporary China: definitive survey and analysis raises and debates major sociological issues of modern and present-day China from a historical perspective. Such topics as "equality and inequality" and "acceptability of defined inequality" have been dealt with in a board historical context since 1949 when the People's Republic was founded. The work is widely accepted as one of the most important studies trying to clarify the difficult perceptions of policy of reform and opening up that was formulated and implemented in the early 1980s in China.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Understanding social structure and social stratification; title: The characteristics of Chinese social structure; title: Measurement of social stratification; title: The characteristics of Chinese social stratification structure before the reforms and opening up; title: Changes in social stratification structure since China's reforms and opening up; title: The great influence of policy variables on social stratification structure; title: Wealth disparity and social equity; title: The high-income group in China; title: Theories of the middle class and the status quo of the middle class in Western countries; title: The middle stratum in China; title: T-shapes social structure and the low-income group; title: Housing status groups in the transitional period; title: Housing reform and the construction of a ranking order of social stratification; title: A review of social stratification theories in China; title: Research on social stratification by Chinese sociologists.