CHINA IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE

by Stephan Feuchtwang, Hans Steinmuller

Overview

China in Comparative Perspective provides an overview of China based on empirical observation by field workers, as well as on historical documents, Chinese literary and philosophical texts and core theoretical frameworks in the social sciences. It enables readers to develop ways of putting the modern history, politics, economy and society of China into a framework in which China can be compared and contrasted with other countries.Topics covered include the rise of capitalism, post-socialist transformations, family and gender, nationalism, democracy, and civil society. Each chapter offers a comparison with other countries in East and South-Asia, Europe and the rest of the world, showing how analytic concepts have to be modified to avoid either Eurocentric or Sinocentric bias, and how ideas derived from Chinese sources and observations must be accommodated for complete understanding of the issues discussed.Written by two well-known anthropologists of China from the London School of Economics, Stephan Feuchtwang and Hans Steinmüller, this book is a comprehensive course for postgraduate students in Chinese and Asian studies, anthropology, sociology, political economy, politics and international relations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781786342416
Publisher:	World Scientific Publishing Europe Ltd
Publication date:	02/22/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	308
File size:	689 KB

Table of Contents

About the Authors v

Acknowledgement vii

Chapter 1 Introduction 1

Chapter 2 Empire and Bureaucracy 17

Chapter 3 The Great Divergence: Industrial Revolution 29

Chapter 4 Demographic Transition 51

Chapter 5 Religion and Civilisation in China 69

Chapter 6 Statehood and National Independence 85

Chapter 7 Revolution and Maoism 105

Chapter 8 Socialism 117

Chapter 9 Post-Socialism 129

Chapter 10 Property Relations and China's Contemporary Economy 147

Chapter 11 The Countryside and Migration 167

Chapter 12 The City 183

Chapter 13 The Family and Gender 199

Chapter 14 Schooling 215

Chapter 15 Civil Society and Political Society 231

Chapter 16 Rule of Law 251

Chapter 17 Democracy 265

Chapter 18 Conclusion 279

Index 287