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1 online resource (xx, 275 pages). |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
Series |
NIAS studies in Asian topics ; 45
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NIAS studies in Asian topics ; 45.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Foreword: Varieties of individualization / Ulrich Beck and Elisabeth Beck-Gernsheim -- Introduction: Conflicting images of the individual and contested process of individualization / Yunxiang Yan -- Idealizing individual choice: work, love and family in the eyes of young, rural Chinese / Mette Halskov Hansen and Cuiming Pang -- He is he and I am I: individual and collective among China's elderly / Sig Thoegersen and Ni Anru -- Individualization and the political agency of private business people in China / Joergen Delman and Yin Ziaoqing -- A collective of their own: young volunteers at the fringes of the party realm / Unn Malfrid H. Rolandsen -- Between self and community: the individual in contemporary Chinese literature / Anne Wedell-Wedellsborg -- Individual self-discipline and collective freedom in the minds of Chinese intellectuals / Rune Svarverud -- 'Friendly pressure': law and the individual in modern China / Klaus Muhlhahn -- Collective symbols and individual options: life on a state farm for returned overseas Chinese after decollectivization / Li Minghuan. |
Summary |
There is a growing individualization of China with changing perceptions of the individual and rising expectations for individual freedom, choice and individuality. How this process evolves in a country lacking two of the defining characteristics of European individualization is a question this volume explores. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Social change -- China.
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Social change. |
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China. |
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Individualism -- China.
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Individualism. |
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China -- Social conditions -- 2000-
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Social conditions. |
Chronological Term |
2000- |
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Since 2000 |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Hansen, Mette Halskov.
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Svarverud, Rune.
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Nordic Institute of Asian Studies.
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Added Title |
Rise of the individual in modern Chinese society |
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I China |
Other Form: |
Print version: IChina. Copenhagen : NIAS, 2010 9788776940522 (OCoLC)463642874 |
ISBN |
9788776945312 (electronic book) |
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8776945316 (electronic book) |
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9788776940522 |
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8776940527 |
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8776940535 |
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9788776940539 |
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