Women rising as half of the sky? An empirical study on women from the one-child generation and their higher education participation in contemporary China
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DOI: 10.1007/s10734-016-0102-0
Abstract: This article explores the changing dynamics between gender, cultural capital and the state in the context of higher education expansion in contemporary China. With a particular focus on the one-child generation and women’s opportunities and… read more here.
Keywords: one child; study; contemporary china; higher education ... See more keywords
Rising private city operators in contemporary China: A study of the CFLD model
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2020.102696
Abstract: Abstract In the past decade, with the rise of private investment in urban development in China, there has been a profound transformation from government-led to market-led urban growth. These changes have created a boom in… read more here.
Keywords: city operators; city; china; private city ... See more keywords
Religious education legislation in an atheist state: towards a typology and policy analysis for contemporary China
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DOI: 10.1080/01416200.2019.1571994
Abstract: ABSTRACT The rule of law presents a new path for understanding and handling religious affairs in contemporary China. The field of religious education is no exception and current legislation has to be improved so that… read more here.
Keywords: religious education; legislation; china religious; contemporary china ... See more keywords
Declining Evenki ‘Identities’: Playing with loyalty in modern and contemporary China
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DOI: 10.1080/02757206.2017.1351363
Abstract: ABSTRACT Officially recognized as a single ‘ethnic minority’ in the Chinese administrative system, Evenki groups belong to a distinctive geographical and cultural milieu. This case study analyses Evenki expressions of loyalty to state authorities and… read more here.
Keywords: loyalty; declining evenki; evenki identities; contemporary china ... See more keywords
Ageing in Contemporary China: The Ziran Approach
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DOI: 10.1080/09589236.2021.1929092
Abstract: ABSTRACT Based on in-depth semi-structured interviews with older women and men in two cities in mainland China, this article reports respondents’ experiences of ageing. Interviewees’ attitudes to health and their changing bodies suggest an orientation… read more here.
Keywords: approach ageing; ziran approach; contemporary china; approach ... See more keywords
Screening War in Contemporary China: The Case of The Assembly
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DOI: 10.1080/10670564.2018.1458064
Abstract: Abstract War has been a prominent theme in cultural productions of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Repeated representations by the socialist cinema and beyond have produced a revolutionary imagination of war that glorifies death… read more here.
Keywords: film; contemporary china; nation building; war ... See more keywords
Popular understanding of democracy in contemporary China
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DOI: 10.1080/13510347.2018.1482534
Abstract: ABSTRACT By taking the official state ideology into consideration, this article seeks to contribute to the study of public opinion of democracy under non-democratic regimes by analysing both qualitative and quantitative evidence collected in China.… read more here.
Keywords: democracy contemporary; popular understanding; democracy; contemporary china ... See more keywords
When Choices Become Chances: Extending Boudon’s Positional Theory to Understand University Choices in Contemporary China
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DOI: 10.1086/695405
Abstract: This article extends Boudon’s positional theory to ascertain how students from different social backgrounds estimate their academic performance and how they translate their choices into the final destinations in higher education in the context of… read more here.
Keywords: choices become; contemporary china; boudon positional; positional theory ... See more keywords
Bringing Bonhoeffer into Dialogue with Schmitt in Contemporary China
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DOI: 10.1163/15697320-20230069
Abstract: Since the 2000s there has been a group of prominent scholars in China embracing the political views of Carl Schmitt. They are aware of the dangerous side of his thought but have provided reasonable analysis… read more here.
Keywords: contemporary china; dialogue schmitt; bonhoeffer dialogue; schmitt contemporary ... See more keywords
Urbanisation processes and new towns in contemporary China: A critical understanding from a decentred view
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DOI: 10.1177/0042098019860807
Abstract: The article discusses the results of research on Chinese new towns focusing on three places: Tongzhou New Town, located in the eastern suburban expansion of Beijing; Zhaoqing New Area, currently being built approximately 20 km… read more here.
Keywords: urbanisation processes; new towns; processes new; urbanisation ... See more keywords
Consuming missionary legacies in contemporary China: Eric Liddell and evolving interpretations of Chinese Christian history
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DOI: 10.1177/0920203x18790859
Abstract: As a significant theme running through China’s modern history, Christianity’s inglorious role has helped redefine the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) self-proclaimed role as the liberator of the long-suffering nation from imperialist forces. The association between… read more here.
Keywords: eric liddell; consuming missionary; legacies contemporary; history ... See more keywords