Understanding Contemporary China

Author: Robert E. Gamer
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781588268440
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The new edition of Understanding Contemporary China has been thoroughly revised to reflect a half-decade of significant events and trends, both domestically and in the international arena. The result is an accessible, well-grounded exploration of the most crucial issues affecting China today. The authors assume no prior knowledge on the part of the reader, making the book a perfect choice for interdisciplinary ""Introduction to China"" courses, as well as for courses in political science and sociology. Numerous maps and photographs enhance the text.

Understanding Contemporary China

Author: Robert E. Gamer
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781555876869
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 416

Book Description
Understanding Contemporary China offers undergraduates a coherent assessment of the most crucial issues affecting China today. Designed as a core text for Introduction to Asia or Introduction to China courses, it can also be used in a wide variety of discipline-oriented curriculums.

Routledge Handbook of East Asian Gender Studies

Author: Jieyu Liu
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317337336
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 597

Book Description
The Routledge Handbook of East Asian Gender Studies presents up-to-date theoretical and conceptual developments in key areas of the field, taking a multi-disciplinary and comparative approach. Featuring contributions by leading scholars of Gender Studies to provide a cutting-edge overview of the field, this handbook includes examples from China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong and covers the following themes: theorising gender relations; women’s and feminist movements; work, care and migration; family and intergenerational relationships; cultural representation; masculinity; and state, militarism and gender. This handbook is essential reading for scholars and students of Gender and Women’s Studies, as well as East Asian societies, social policy and culture.

Marketing Dictatorship

Author: Anne-Marie Brady
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN: 0742567907
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 247

Book Description
Click here to hear Anne-Marie Brady's BBC World Service radio documentary titled "The Message from China" China's government is no longer a Stalinist-Maoist dictatorship, yet it does not seem to be moving significantly closer to democracy as it is understood in Western terms. After a period of self-imposed exclusion, Chinese society is in the process of a massive transformation in the name of economic progress and integration into the world economy. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is seeking to maintain its rule over China indefinitely, creating yet another "new" China. Propaganda and thought work play a key role in this strategy. In this important book, noted China scholar Anne-Marie Brady answers some intriguing questions about China's contemporary propaganda system. Why have propaganda and thought work strengthened their hold in China in recent years? How has the CCP government strengthened its power since 1989 when so many analysts predicted otherwise? How does the CCP maintain its monopoly on political power while dismantling the socialist system? How can the government maintain popular support in China when the uniting force of Marxist-Leninist-Maoist ideology is spent and discredited? What has taken the place of communist ideology? Examining propaganda and thought work in the current period offers readers a unique understanding of how the CCP will address real and perceived threats to stability and its continued hold on power. This innovative book is a must-read for everyone interested in China's growing role in the world community.

Understanding Contemporary China

Author: George P. Jan
Publisher: Publish America
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 250

Book Description
China is a rapidly developing world power. Its rise is causing some concern about the "China threat" to the United States. It is important to the American people to have a better understanding of the true conditions in China so we can deal with it rationally and effectively. The main purpose of this book is to provide the reader with a comprehensive description and objective analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of present-day China. Special emphasis is placed on U.S.-China relations. It covers China's history, land and people, political system, economic development, educational, scientific and technological developments, military power, social and cultural changes, Chinese nationalism, overseas Chinese, the Taiwan issue, China's global influence, U.S.-China relations and the prospects of China's future development in the twenty-first century and its impact on U.S.-China relations. The "China threat" notion is critically assessed. The book also makes some suggestions to enable the United States and China,to manage their conflicts and to peacefully co-exist to promote mutual interests, international peace, security and prosperity.

The Arts of China

Author: Michael Sullivan
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520049185
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 308

Book Description
this book presents a fascinating and balanced picture of Chinese art from the Stone Age to the present day. The author concerns himself not only with art, but also with Chinese philosophy, religion, and the realm of ideas.

Wild Grass

Author: Ian Johnson
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307430251
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 338

Book Description
In Wild Grass, Pulitzer Prize—winning journalist Ian Johnson tells the stories of three ordinary Chinese citizens moved to extraordinary acts of courage: a peasant legal clerk who filed a class-action suit on behalf of overtaxed farmers, a young architect who defended the rights of dispossessed homeowners, and a bereaved woman who tried to find out why her elderly mother had been beaten to death in police custody. Representing the first cracks in the otherwise seamless façade of Communist Party control, these small acts of resistance demonstrate the unconquerable power of the human conscience and prophesy an increasingly open political future for China.

Cultural Theory and Popular Culture

Author: John Storey
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820328391
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 210

Book Description
In this new edition of his widely adopted Cultural Theory and Popular Culture: An Introduction, John Storey has extensively revised the text throughout. Like previous editions, the book presents a clear and critical survey of competing theories of, and various approaches to, popular culture. New to this edition: Extensively revised, rewritten, and updated Improved and expanded content throughout including a new chapter on psychoanalysis and a new section on post-Marxism and the global postmodern Closer explicit links to the new edition companion reader Cultural Theory and Popular Culture: A Reader More illustrative diagrams and images Fully revised, improved, and updated companion web site Ideal for courses in: cultural studies media studies communication studies sociology of culture popular culture visual studies cultural criticism

Comparative Politics of the Global South

Author: December Green
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
ISBN: 9781626376502
Category : Developing countries
Languages : en
Pages : 563

Book Description
Revised edition of: Comparative politics of the "Third World." 3rd ed. 2011.

Chinese Foreign Relations

Author: Robert G. Sutter
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1538138301
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 424

Book Description
With new assertiveness and prominence, China under President Xi Jinping is rightly considered an emerging and aggressive superpower backed by growing economic and impressive military strength. In this meticulous and balanced assessment, Robert G. Sutter traces China’s actions under Xi Jinping, including the many challenges they post to the international status quo. He provides a comprehensive analysis of newly prominent Chinese unconventional levers of power and influence in foreign affairs that were previously disguised, hidden, denied or otherwise neglected or unappreciated by specialists. Sutter considers the domestic issues that preoccupy Beijing and the global factors economic and political factors that complicate and constrain as well as enhance China’s advance to international prominence.