Reclaiming Chinese society the new social activism /

• Other Authors: Hsing, You-tien., Lee, Ching Kwan.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2010.
• Series: Asia's transformations.
• Subjects: Social justice > China.; Income distribution > China.; SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.; China > Social conditions > 2000-; China > Economic conditions > 2000-; Electronic books.
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Analyses the mechanisms, processes and actors producing a wide spectrum of social and cultural changes in reform China. Contrary to most literature that emphasize economic and political processes at the expense of Chinese society, the book argues for the centrality of the social in understanding Chi...

Table of Contents:

• Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; 1 Social activism in China: Agency and possibility; Part I Politics of (re)distribution; 2 Urban housing mobilizations; 3 Workers and the quest for citizenship; 4 Barefoot lawyers and rural conflicts; 5 Peasant resistance against nature reserves; Part II Politics of recognition; 6 Feminist networks; 7 Civic environmentalism; 8 Religious revival; Part III Politics of representation; 9 Film as cultural politics; 10 Bounded innovations in the media; 11 Inner city culture wars; 12 Politics of cultural heritage; Index.