Research on the Changing Trends of Social Structure in China

Author: Zheng Hangsheng
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: The 12 research papers collected here are mostly presentations from academic seminars or discussions held during the Academic Frontier Issues Forum organized by the Beijing Social Science Association in 2001 and 2002 at the sociology session. These sociology sessions were organized and hosted by the Beijing Sociological Society in those years. In recent years, the Beijing Social Science Association has placed great emphasis on the Academic Frontier Issues Forum and science popularization activities, creating favorable conditions for academic activities of its affiliated societies. This book gathers 12 papers specifically researching the changes in China's social structure, delving deeply into issues such as social stratification, wealth inequality, institutional transformation and the evolution of stratification mechanisms, the middle class, laid-off workers, and more. The authors are all renowned scholars currently active in the field of sociology in China. On the issue of social structure, especially regarding class and stratification, how should Marxism be upheld and developed? What major changes has China's social structure undergone since the 1990s? How can corresponding social support be provided to vulnerable groups formed by social structural changes? What social policies should be adopted in line with these changes? For this series of questions, readers are encouraged to reflect as guided by this book.