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almahu_9949767380402882
Format:
1 online resource (180 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9783031572166
Series Statement:
Life Course Research and Social Policies Series ; v.17
Note:
Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Bibliography -- Part I: Revisiting Individualization in China Through the Prism of the Transition to Adulthood -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2: Institutionalized Individualism in Post-collectivist China -- 2.1 Varieties of Individualization -- 2.2 The Individual and the Shadow of Ancestors in Pre-Maoist China -- 2.3 The Individual and the Collective in Maoist China -- 2.4 The Rise of Individualism in Post-Maoist China -- Bibliography -- Chapter 3: Suzhi Discourse as a Structural Component of Institutionalized Individualism in Post-Maoist China -- 3.1 Engineering "Quality Citizens" -- 3.2 Suzhi Discourse and Hukou as Instruments of Governmentality -- 3.3 Chinese TV Drama as a Vector of Institutionalization -- Bibliography -- Chapter 4: A Life-Course Perspective on the Individualization Process in Post-collectivist China -- 4.1 The Transition to Adulthood as a Period of Observation -- 4.2 A Place and Two Birth Cohorts Emblematic of the People's Republic of China's History: Beijing, the Post-1950s and Post-1980s Generations -- 4.3 A Mixed Methods Research Design to Reconstruct the Transition to Adulthood -- 4.3.1 Quantitative Data Collection -- 4.3.2 Qualitative Data Collection -- 4.3.3 Data Analysis -- Bibliography -- Part II: Coming of Age in Uncertain Times -- Bibliography -- Chapter 5: Exploring Pathways to Adulthood -- 5.1 A Longer Transition to Adulthood in Post-collectivist China -- 5.2 Family Roles and Responsibilities as Central Values -- 5.2.1 Marriage, "an existential question" for Young Adults and their Families -- 5.2.2 Being Good Wives and Good Mothers (Xianqi Liangmu) -- 5.2.3 "Housing [...] Is the Foundation of the Family" -- Bibliography -- Chapter 6: The Rise of New Social Risks in Post-collectivist China.
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6.1 From Collective to Individualized Social Policies -- 6.2 The Rise of New Social Risks -- 6.2.1 The Rise of Work Uncertainties -- 6.2.2 Increased Dependency on Intergenerational Solidarities -- 6.3 Precarious Employment as New Normality -- 6.4 Young Adults' Work Expectations: From Idealism to Realism -- Bibliography -- Part III: The Rise of Neo-familialism -- Bibliography -- Chapter 7: The Postponement of Family Formation Due to Employment Instability -- 7.1 A Lengthier Path Toward Family Formation -- 7.2 From Filial to Conjugal Ties -- 7.3 The Quest for a Place to Call Home -- Bibliography -- Chapter 8: Young Adults' Aspiration for Intimacy in Post-collectivist China -- 8.1 From Free Choice to Social Homogamy -- 8.2 Shihun: An Understatement for Premarital Cohabitation -- Bibliography -- Chapter 9: What Does the Individualization Process Do to Intergenerational Solidarities? -- 9.1 "Better Not to Have a Child Than an Unfilial Child" -- 9.2 Elective Intergenerational Solidarities Revolving around the Family Nucleus -- Bibliography -- Chapter 10: Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Appendices -- Appendix 1: Timeline of the History of Contemporary China -- Appendix 2: Administrative Division of the Municipality of Beijing -- Appendix 3: Lexis Diagram Representing the Two Birth Cohorts and Major Socio-Historical Changes in the PRC -- Appendix 4: Quantitative Convenience Sample Stratified by Quota - Birth Cohort 1980-1985 (Targeted Number of People) -- Appendix 5: Quantitative Convenience Sample Stratified by Quota - Birth Cohort 1950-1959 (Targeted Number of People) -- Appendix 6: Detailed Description of the Qualitative Sample (1978-1993) -- Appendix 7: Functional Diagram of the Matrix Control Procedure -- Bibliography.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Constantin, Sandra V. A Life Course Perspective on Chinese Youths Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2024 ISBN 9783031572159
Language:
English
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