Social change in contemporary China : C.K. Yang and the concept of institutional diffusion / edited by Wenfang Tang and Burkart Holzner.

Other author Tang, Wenfang, 1955-
Other author Holzner, Burkart.
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Publication InfoPittsburgh PA : University of Pittsburgh Press, ©2007.
Descriptionviii, 324 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Contents Introduction: The diffusion of institutions in contemporary China / Wenfang Tang -- C.K. Yang : sociology in China and the encounter of civilizations / Burkart Holzner -- Institutional restructuring, organizational integration, and the Chinese revolution : C.K. Yang's theory of social system change / Chong Chor Lau -- A sociological paradigm in the study of Chinese religion : C.K. Yang's Religion in Chinese society / Ambrose Y.C. King and Lizhu Fan -- New institutions in practice : migrant workers and their mobilization of the labor law / Isabelle Thireau and Hua Linshan -- Social capabilities and Chinese economic growth / Thomas G. Rawski -- Institutional change and income inequality / Zhanxin Zhang -- Categorical sources of income inequality in urban China / Wang Feng and Tianfu Wang -- Local response to a global agenda : changing state-education relations in mainland China / Ka-ho Mok -- Chinese diffused and institutional health care and global change / Rance P.L. Lee -- When a house becomes his home / Deborah S. Davis -- Family social capital in urban China : a social network approach / Yanjie Bian, Deborah S. Davis, and Shaoguang Wang -- When to give and why : intergenerational transfer of resources in urban Chinese families / Jieming Chen -- Local community and communal solidarity in rural China / Cho-yun Hsu.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 289-311) and index.
LCCN 2006019184
ISBN0822942976 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN082295933X (pbk. : alk. paper)