Social change in contemporary China : C.K. Yang and the concept of institutional diffusion

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Social change in contemporary China : C.K. Yang and the concept of institutional diffusion

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C.K. Yang and the concept of institutional diffusion

Statement of responsibility

edited by Wenfang Tang and Burkart Holzner

Contributor

• Holzner, Burkart
• Tang, Wenfang, 1955-

Editor

• Holzner, Burkart
• Tang, Wenfang, 1955-

Subject

• Chine -- Conditions économiques
• Changement social -- Chine
• Changement social -- Chine
• China
• China
• China
• China -- Economic conditions
• China -- Social conditions
• Chine -- Conditions sociales
• Chine -- Conditions sociales -- 1976-2000
• Changement organisationnel -- Chine
• Chine -- Conditions économiques -- 1976-2000
• Culture diffusion
• Culture diffusion -- China
• Diffusion culturelle -- Chine
• Economic history
• Electronic book
• Electronic books
• General
• HISTORY
• HISTORY -- General
• Organizational change
• Organizational change -- China
• POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy | Cultural Policy
• SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology | Cultural
• SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture
• Social Conditions
• Social Sciences
• Social change
• Social change -- China
• Social conditions
• Sociology & Social History
• Sozialer Wandel
• Staatliche Einrichtung
• Yang, C. K, 1910-
• Yang, C. K, 1910-1999
• Yang, C. K, 1910-1999
• Yang, Qingkun
• Yang, Qingkun, 1910-1999

Genre

• Electronic book
• Electronic books

Language

eng

Summary

Social Change in Contemporary China offers a wide-ranging examination of Chinese institutional change in areas of education, religion, health care, economics, labor, family, and local communities in the post-Mao era. Based on the pioneering work of sociologist C.K. Yang (1911-1999), and his institutional diffusion theory, the essays analyze and develop the theory as it applies to both public and private institutions. The interrelationship of these institutions composes what Yang termed the Chinese "system," and affects nearly every aspect of life. Yang examined the influence of external factors on each institution, such as the influence of Westernization and Communism on family, and the impact of industrialization on rural markets. He also analyzed the impact of public opinion and past culture on institutions, therein revealing the circular nature of diffusion. Perhaps most significant are Yang's insights on the role of religion in Chinese society. Despite the common perception that China had no religion, he uncovers the influence of classical Confucianism as the basis for many ethical value systems, and follows its diffusion into state and kinship systems, as well as Taoism and Buddhism. Writing in the early years of Communism, Yang had little hard data with which to test his theories. The contributors to this volume expand upon Yang's groundbreaking approach and apply the model of diffusion to a rapidly evolving contemporary China, providing a window into an increasingly modern Chinese society and its institutions

Cataloging source

E7B

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illustrations

Index

index present

Language note

English

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography