Social Change in Contemporary China: C.K. Yang and the Concept of Institutional Diffusion
ISBN-13:
9780822959335
ISBN-10:
082295933X
Edition:
1
Author:
Wenfang Tang, Burkart Holzner
Publication date:
2006
Publisher:
University of Pittsburgh Press
Format:
Paperback
336 pages
Category:
China
,
Asian History
,
Social Sciences
,
Cultural
,
Anthropology
,
Sociology
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ISBN-13:
9780822959335
ISBN-10:
082295933X
Edition:
1
Author:
Wenfang Tang, Burkart Holzner
Publication date:
2006
Publisher:
University of Pittsburgh Press
Format:
Paperback
336 pages
Category:
China
,
Asian History
,
Social Sciences
,
Cultural
,
Anthropology
,
Sociology
Summary
Social Change in Contemporary China: C.K. Yang and the Concept of Institutional Diffusion (ISBN-13: 9780822959335 and ISBN-10: 082295933X), written by authors
Wenfang Tang, Burkart Holzner, was published by University of Pittsburgh Press in 2006.
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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.
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