The SAGE Handbook of Contemporary China

Contemporary China is dynamic and complex. Recent dramatic changes in the Chinese economy, society, and environment pose numerous challenges for scholars of China.

Contemporary China is dynamic and complex. Recent dramatic changes in the Chinese economy, society, and environment pose numerous challenges for scholars of China. This Handbook will define contemporary China Studies for the social sciences: investigating how we can best study China; exploring the transformations of contemporary China that inform how we study China; presenting the breadth and depth of the China Studies field; and identify future directions for China Studies. In two volumes, the Handbook situates China Studies in history and context. Each chapter in Part One provides an overview and historiography of how scholars have conceptualized the Chinese state, nation, economy and environment, and analyzes trends in terms of different research approaches, types of sources, and trends in the study of these broad concepts. The next five parts cover substantive themes in China Studies, including economic transformations; politics and government; China as a global actor; urbanization and urban development; and Chinese society. In conclusion, the Handbook draws together critical discussions of emerging issues of transdisciplinary approaches to China Studies, the future of Chinese historical Studies, and the future of China in comparative contexts.

VOLUME 01PART 01: Context: History, Economy, and the EnvironmentChapter 1: The Making of the Modern State and Quest for Modernity - Dali YangChapter 2: Nationalism and the Nation-State - Prasenjit DuaraChapter 3: Continuity and Change: The Economy in the Twentieth Century - Chris BramallChapter 4: Geographic and Environmental Setting - David PietzPART 02: Economic TransformationsIntroduction - Weiping WuChapter 5: Evolution of Market Reforms - Linda YuehChapter 6: State-Owned Enterprise: Reform, Performance, and Prospects - Gary JeffersonChapter 7: The Rural Economy - Susan Whiting and Dan WangChapter 8: Economic Growth and Labor Security - Jenny ChanChapter 9: Inbound Foreign Direct Investment - Yasheng HuangChapter 10: Financial System - Ming He, Yang Chen and Ronald SchrammChapter 11: Technology, Innovation and Knowledge-Based Economy - Albert HuChapter 12: Sustaining Growth: Energy and Natural Resources - Jo Inge Bekkevold and Oystein TunsjoPART 03: Politics and GovernmentIntroduction - Mark W. Frazier Chapter 13: The Communist Party and Ideology - Kerry BrownChapter 14: Corruption in Reform Era: A Multidisciplinary Review - Jiangnan ZhuChapter 15: Campaigns in Politics: From Revolution to Problem Solving - Zhengxu WangChapter 16: Popular Protest - Zhang WuChapter 17: Bureaucracy and Policy Making - Andrew MerthaChapter 18: Local and Grassroots Governance - John Kennedy and Dan ChenChapter 19: Labor Politics - William HurstChapter 20: Legal and Judicial System - Vivienne BathPART 04: China on the Global StageIntroduction - Mark W. FrazierChapter 21: China as a Global Financial Power - Arthur KroeberChapter 22: China and Global Energy Governance - Gaye ChristoffersenChapter 23: China and Global Regimes - Andrew NathanChapter 24: Engagement in Global Health Governance Regimes - Yanzhong Huang and Bei TangPART 05: China's Foreign PolicyIntroduction - Mark W. FrazierChapter 25: China-US Relations in a Changing Global Order - Rosemary FootChapter 26: China-Japan Relations - Edward Griffith and Caroline RoseChapter 27: Chinese-Russian Relations - Alexander LukinChapter 28: China's Relations with the Korean Peninsula - Carla FreemanChapter 29: Chinese Foreign Policy: Southeast Asia - Taomou Zhou and Liu Hong VOLUME 02PART 06: National and Nested IdentitiesIntroduction - Mark W. FrazierChapter 30: Popular Nationalism - Benjamin DarrChapter 31: Taiwanese Identity - Lowell DittmerChapter 32: Hong Kong Identity - Ho-Fung Hung Chapter 33: Chinese Outside China - Nyíri PálChapter 34: Studying Tibetan Identity - Ben HillmanChapter 35: Uyghur Identities - Joanne Smith FinleyChapter 36: Ethnic Studies Beyond Tibet and Xinjiang - Katherine Palmer KaupChapter 37: Religion - André LalibertéChapter 38: Sexual Minorities - William F. SchroederPART 07: Urbanization and Spatial DevelopmentIntroduction - Weiping WuChapter 39: Urbanization and Urban System - Chaolin Gu and Ian Gillespie CookChapter 40: Population Mobility and Migration - Cindy FanChapter 41: Financing Urbanization and Infrastructure - Weiping WuChapter 42: Land and Housing Markets - Jiang XuChapter 43: Socio-Spatial Transformation of Cities - Jia Feng and Guo ChenPART 08: Poverty and InequalityIntroduction - Weiping WuChapter 44: Poverty and Its Alleviation - Björn GustafssonChapter 45: Regional Inequality: Scales, Mechanisms, and Beyond - Felix Haifeng Liao and Yehua Dennis WeiChapter 46: The Making of the 'Migrant Class' - Huimin Du and Wenfei Winnie WangChapter 47: Gender, Migration, and HIV/STI Risks and Risk Behavior - Xiushi Yang, Hongyun Fu and Meizhen LiaoChapter 48: Income Inequality and Class Stratification - Yanjie Bian, Lei Zhang, Yinghui Li, Yipeng Hu and Na LiPART 09: Social ChangeIntroduction - Weiping WuChapter 49: Demographics and Aging - David R. Phillips and Zhixin FengChapter 50: Social Welfare - Daniel HammondChapter 51: China's Education System: Loved and Hated - Mette Halskov HansenChapter 52: Nightlife and Night-Time Economy in Urban China - James FarrerChapter 53: Family Life - Jieyu Liu, Eona Bell and Jiayu ZhangChapter 54: Health, Diseases, and Medical Care - Lawton R. Burns and Gordon G. LiuChapter 55: Media since 1949: Changes and Continuities - Jian Xu and Wanning SunPART 10: Future Directions for Contemporary China StudiesChapter 56: The Future(s) of China Studies - Sarah Mellors and Jeffrey WasserstromChapter 57: The Future of China's Past - Kristin StapletonChapter 58: China and the Challenges of Comparison - Mark W. Frazier