Developmental Idealism in China
Arland Thornton,Yu Xie +1 more
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How developmental idealism has been widely disseminated within China and has had enormous effects on public policy and programs, on social institutions, and on the lives of individuals and their families is discussed.Abstract:
This paper examines the intersection of developmental idealism with China. It discusses how developmental idealism has been widely disseminated within China and has had enormous effects on public p...read more
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The search for modern China
TL;DR: The authors explored the history of early-modern and modern China, from the seventeenth century to the present, examining the rise and fall of China's last empire, the emergence of a modern nation-state, the sources and development of revolution, and the implications of complex social, political, cultural, and economic transformations in the People's Republic of China.
When China Rules the World: The End of the Western World and the Birth of a New Global Order
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Understanding Family Change and Variation: Toward a Theory of Conjunctural Action
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Yu Xie,Yu Xie,Xiang Zhou +2 more
TL;DR: It is established that China’s income inequality since 2005 has reached very high levels, with the Gini coefficient in the range of 0.53–0.55, and it is argued that China's current high income inequality is significantly driven by structural factors attributable to the Chinese political system and the rural-urban divide.
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