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. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Pittsburgh PA : University of Pittsburgh Press, |
| Description | viii, 324 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| 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 note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-311) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2006019184 |
| ISBN | 0822942976 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780822942979 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 082295933X (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780822959335 (pbk. : alk. paper) |