"This book provides a comprehensive examination of value changes of Chinese citizens, especially the younger generation, and how the Chinese authorities take efforts to adapt to such changes and refine its social control mechanisms. The book discusses three related themes through a series of to...

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Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Singapore World Scientific 2020
Schriftenreihe:	Series on contemporary China v. 48
Schlagworte:	Social change / China Social movements / China Social control / China State, The
Online-Zugang:	Volltext
Zusammenfassung:	"This book provides a comprehensive examination of value changes of Chinese citizens, especially the younger generation, and how the Chinese authorities take efforts to adapt to such changes and refine its social control mechanisms. The book discusses three related themes through a series of topics. The first theme examines the changes in political attitudes and values among Chinese youths, comparing them to the older generations in the mainland and their contemporaries in Hong Kong and Taiwan. The second theme focuses on the recent development of social unrests, new pursuits that emerged in the Chinese society, and new means adopted by the Chinese protestors. The third theme touches on the responses of the party-state under the Xi Jinping administration, and how it has sophisticatized the machine of social control. With these three themes, this book also adds on to the understanding of regime stability of the Communist system in China, and how this system handles a variety of challenges brought about by dramatic social changes"--Publisher's website
Beschreibung:	Includes index
Beschreibung:	1 Online-Ressource (ix, 137 Seiten)
ISBN:	9789811209000