Social Issues in China Gender, Ethnicity, Labor, and the Environment

Social Issues in China Gender, Ethnicity, Labor, and the Environment / edited by Zhidong Hao, Sheying Chen.

Social Issues in China: Gender, Ethnicity, Labor, and the Environment  Zhidong Hao and Sheying Chen, editors  One of the great ironies of world politics belongs to China. Having carried out a revolution to reform societal ills, it has ended up with broadly the same problems as the West: gender inequ...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Hao, Zhidong (Editor), Chen, Sheying (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edition:1st ed. 2014.
Series:International Perspectives on Social Policy, Administration, and Practice, 1
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Sociology.
Social policy.
Public health.
Quality of life.
Sex (Psychology).
Gender expression.
Demography.
Electronic resources (E-books)
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Table of Contents:
  •   Part I   Gender Relations in China
  • 1: Introduction: Gender, Ethnicity, Labor, and the Environment as Social Issues and Public Policy Challenges
  • 2. Rural Chinese Women's Political Participation: Problems and Prospects
  • 3.Self-Assertive Mistresses and Corrupt Officials: The Complex  Interdependencies
  • 4. Domestic Labor, Gendered Intergenerational Contract and Shared Elderly Care in Rural South China
  • 5. The Growth and Dilemma of Women's NGOs in China
  • Part II   Ethnic Relations in China
  • 6.Language, Learning and Identity: Problematizing the Education for Tibetans
  •   7.   Interpreting the Ethnicization of Social Conflict in China: Ethnonationalism, Identity, and Social Justice
  • 8. A Harmonious Society: National Policies and Ethnic Relations.-9. NGO Development in China's Ethnic Areas
  • Part III Labor Relations in China.-10.Labor Contract, Trade Union Membership and Workplace Relations.-11.Labor Protection for Migrant Workers in China: A Perspective of Institutional Reform.-12.From Societization of Workers’ Rights Defending to the Construction of Corporate Social Responsibility: The Experience of Yiwu City's General Trade Union.-13. The Role of Intellectuals in Contemporary China's Labor Movement: A Preliminary Exploration.-Part IV  The Environmental Movement
  • 14.Environmental Problems in China: Issues and Prospects
  • 15. The Struggle for Survival: A Case Study of an Environmental NGO in Zhejiang Province.-16.Public Participation in Environmental Protection in China: Three Case Analyses
  • 17. Political Opportunity and the Anti-dam Movement in China: A Case Study of Nu River.-.

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