Social Issues and Solutions in Transitioning China
Author: Zhu Li
Translated by Chen Shuangzhou
ISBN: 978-1-84464-530-5
Ebook ISBN: 978-1-84464-531-2
Hardback-254 Pages
January 2019
English
£90 €110 $150
Description:
The development of a society is the process of solving its own conflicts, contradictions and problems. The policy of China since Reform and Opening-up has brought unprecedented vitality to China, but also brought about problems have never been seen in the Chinese history. So this work focuses on the introspection, explanation and the remedies for the Chinese society in the period of social transformation. This work collects fruits of the author in the past 20 years on this topic and is very cogent for the construction of the localization of sociology in this area.
Content:
Chapter 1 Social Stability Interpretation of "Social Harmony" from Sociology Perspective Transformation of Social Integration Mechanism of China: Review on Idea of Harmonious Society "Harmony" as Core Value in Social Transition Period Theoretical Connotation of Social Fashion Chapter 2 Understanding Social Issues "Harmony" as Core Value in Social Transition Period Theoretical Definition of Social Problems Correct Understanding of Social Problems Vulnerable Population and Social Support Chapter 3 Migrant Workers Identification of Citizens-To-Be Collective Prejudice and Discrimination: Frictional Interaction between Migrant Workers and Citizens Urban Adaptation of Immigration Stratum Stratum and Social Status of Migrant Workers Differences and Commons of Social Adaptation among Chinese and Foreign Migrant Workers Chapter 4 Issues of Anomie Three-Dimensional Analytic Model on Anomie Discussion on Social Anomie The Second-Type Norms in Chinese Society: Social Mechanism of Anomies Dilemma in Social Norm Construction: Strategic Choices of Three Rational Men Why Difficult to Follow Norms: Discussion on Theoretical Proposition of Norms and Anomies Chapter 5 Social Emergency Chinese Social Risks: Social Conflicts in Mass Incidents A Constituent of Modern Collective Behavior-on the Theory of Combustion-Supporting Net Emotional Resonance in Structure Box: Occurrence of Mass Incidents of Public Security Postscripts
About Author:
Zhu Li, Ph.D. Graduated with the bachelor degree from Philosophy Department in Nanjing University (NJU) in 1983, and the Ph.D. degree from Sociology Department in NJU. Currently tenured as professor and doctoral advisor in Sociology Department in NJU. He serves as a council member in Chinese Sociological Association, vice chairman of Jiangsu Sociological Association, and chairman of Nanjing Sociological Association. He has 15 publications, including but not limited to, Living Conditions and Relief System of Lower Class Social Populations in Urban China (Beijing: China Social Sciences Publishing House, 2014), Out of Vortex of Social Contradictions and Conflicts: Chinas Major Emergencies and Management (Beijing: Social Sciences Academic Press, 2012), Contemporary Social Issues in China (Beijing: Social Sciences Academic Press, 2008), Urban Adaptation of Domestic and Foreign Migrant Workers (Nanjing : Jiangsu People's Publishing House, 2009), Transitional Pain: Social Anomie during Transition (Beijing: Social Sciences Academic Press, 2006), and Chinese Migrant Workers (Fujian People's Publishing House, 2002). Principal investigators in more than 30 National Social Science Funding such as numbered 14ZDA061 Studies on Tendency Analysis and Solution Strategy of Social Conflicts in China. Finished more than 200 journal articles and publications among which 50 are reprinted by Xinhua Digest and Literature Copy of Renmin University of China. The top 20 Chinese social science scholars of highly cited and scholarly impact. His main research areas include social conflicts, social anomie, social charity, social construction and so on.