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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"China studies"”.
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Caring for star-children : autism, families, and ethics in contemporary China
… Autism, Families, and Ethics in Contemporary China studies the emergence and development of family caregiving for autistic children after 1982, when autism was first diagnosed separately in two cities in China. Based on 18 months of ethnographic fieldwork at municipal specialist hospitals, …
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Sinological-Orientalism: The Production of the West's Post -Mao China
… analysis of several fields. These include Area Studies work on the Mao and 'reform' eras, from the Great Leap Forward famine to the 1989 Tiananmen event and beyond; the reception of new Chinese cinema (1984-); current work on modernity, civil society, and globalization where China serves as …
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Speak in Women’s Way: Online Feminist Movements and Social Media Impact of #MeToo China 2018
… more than 85 countries. Among these, #MeToo China stands out due to its distinctive developmental characteristics and context. This study aims to investigate women's narratives that emerged from #MeToo China in 2018, underlining the significance of these narratives and associated issues from …
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Manly Vice and Virtu: State Specters, Secular Rituals, and Public Culture in Taiwan
… departs from the orthodoxy of Taiwan (and China) studies by locating the political basis of society in the public realm rather than in the family and work. This study addresses three overarching questions: What are the micropolitics of disreputable social activities through which men …
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Explaining policy making in the People's Republic of China: the case of the Urban Resident Minimum Livelihood Guarantee System, 1992-2003
… of social assistance in the People's Republic of China (PRC). There are currently two gaps in current studies of the MLG which this dissertation will address. First, detailed historical information on the MLG is lacking in the English language. Second, the focus of current studies on the …
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Anglophone Chinese modernity,1860-1910
… powers posed to American trade agreements with China, Secretary of State John Hay enunciated the first “Open Door Policy.” It proposed to keep China open to trade with all countries on an equal basis and declared U.S. support for a non-colonized and independent China. Despite Hay’s best effort, …
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Essays on Labour Market in Developing Countries
… with a special interest in South Africa and China. After an introduction in chapter 1, the key chapter 2, Ethnic Diversity and Labour Market Outcomes: Evidence from Post-Apartheid South Africa joint with Sara Tonini, investigates how ethnic diversity amongst black South Africans affects their …
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Point-Based Hukou Policy Direction: An Examination of Reproduction of Social Inequalities in China, 2010-14
… the reproduction of social inequalities in China, followed by evaluating the country’s contemporary point-based hukou policy. The hukou system serves as both institutional capital and a barrier, both defining or limiting the distribution of life chances. It can be categorised as …
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Assembling the Chinese City: Production of Place and the Articulation of New Urban Spaces in Wuhan, China
Studies of China's urban development largely rely on a handful of metanarratives, appealing for their concision, but failing to account for the spatial specificities of the Chinese city. These narratives are founded on structural capitalist explanations of place-making including neoliberal …