Chinese Society: Change, Conflict and Resistance (Asia’s Transformations) 3rd Edition by Elizabeth J. Perry (PDF)

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This bestselling introduction to Chinese society uses the themes of resistance and protest to explore the complexity of life in contemporary China. An interdisciplinary and international team of China scholars draw on perspectives from sociology, anthropology, psychology, history and political science and covers a broad range of issues.Topics covered include:labour and environmental disputesrural and ethnic conflictmigrationlegal challengesintellectual and religious dissidenceopposition to family planning.The newly revised, third edition adds two new chapters on gender and the family, and the reform of the Hukou system thus providing a comprehensive text for both undergraduates and specialists in the field, encouraging the reader to challenge conventional images of contemporary Chinese society.

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Editorial Reviews: Review Reviews of the second editon:’This first rate collection will be indispensable reading for Scholars of Chinese society. Each of the book’s uniformly excellent well-written and substantive chapters open by providing enough historical background onits specific topic to make it comprehensible enough to advanced undergraduates as well as the general informed reader.’ – The China Journal’I would recommend to all serious students who wish to begin studying this country.’ – China Perspectives’Should be read by all serious scholars of contemporary China.’ – Asian Affairs About the Author Elizabeth J. Perry is Henry Rosovsky professor of Government at Harvard University. Her previous books include Rebels and Revolutionaries in North China, Shanghai on Strike: The Politics of Chinese Labour, Proletarian Power: Shanghai in the Cultural Revolution, and Challenging the Mandate of Heaven: Social Protest and State Power in China. Mark Selden is Senior Research Associate, Cornell University and a Coordinator of The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus. His books include China in Revolution: The Yenan Wat Revisited, Chinese Village, Socialist State (with Edward Friedman and Paul Pickowicz), The Political Economy of Chinese Development and The Resurgence of East Asia: 500, 150 and 50 Year Perspectives (with Giovanni Arrighiand Takeshi Hamashita).

Reviews from Amazon users which were colected at the time this book was published on the website:

⭐This is written by hardcore academics, for hardcore academics (and for their students). Lots of esoteric sociological/philosophical terms, well-divided into essays by specific subjects. Note two of the quotes that Amazon provides:’I would recommend to all serious students who wish to begin studying this country.’ – China Perspectives’Should be read by all serious scholars of contemporary China.’ – Asian AffairsThe key word is SERIOUS. It is excellent for its purposes, but this is not for a casual reader who wants to learn about Chinese culture and politics.If you need it for class, then you need it for class (though maybe not really, depending on how your prof runs things), and it’s very informative and well-written. You will learn a lot. Otherwise, skip this book.

⭐I have completed a graduate course sequence relating to Chinese Studies at a major university in the United States. Huaiyin Li was my mentor in the subject at the University of Texas. Chinese Studies, as a university study in the United States, was a small world. Most of the professors know each other, and they use each other’s resources for their classes. Since I graduated, I wanted to know more regarding recent research from the major Chinese Studies professors. Therefore, I purchased this book at a local bookstore.Overall, I believe the collection of essays are acceptable to satisfactory. Some of the essays were extensions or rewrites of older essays published in one of the major Chinese studies journals in the United States. For instance, i believe the third essay, conflict, resistance and transformation of the hukou system was re-printed or re-written from an earlier essay by Dr. Wang in China Quarterly. Dr. Wang’s analysis of the hukou system represented detailed scholarly insights regarding an unfair system in China. However, for most Chinese studies students, the analysis was not something new.Dr. Pei’s essay regarding the resistance against the Party illustrated the weakness of the collection. The author presented a historical overview of the various political factions resisting Party rule. The essay lacked insightful analysis into the economic causes of the student rebellion in China in the 1980’s. Many citations by Dr. Pei were newspaper and periodical articles of the period in China. The essay was very superficial and lacked actual scholarly analysis.Overall, I find the book good but not great. I hope to read a better book regarding Chinese Society in the future.

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