Product DescriptionInternet policy in China, a field study of Internet cafes reports on the results of a comprehensive study of Internet cafZ phenomenon in China. Helen Sun examines how the Internet has been used by governments and individuals, as well as the impact of Chinese Internet policy and legislation. . . . Read more>>
Internet Policy in China: A Field Study of Internet CafZs
Product DescriptionCHINA CEO: A Case Guide for business leaders in China, some Western business leaders are moving into China without any clear knowledge of the many pitfalls they will encounter: the weak rule of law, excessive government intervention, lack of management talent, the probability of counterfeiting, the fast paced business environment and surprisingly aggressive local competitors. This book uses case studies to both illuminate and examine these important leadership challenges. Each case focuses on a specific topic, and supplemented with comments from professors and managers who have great front line experience in China. The cases are the result of three years of research and is well tested and in MBA. . . Read more>>
China CEO: A Case Guide for Business Leaders in China
Product DescriptionSince mid-1990s, the internet has revolutionized popular expression in China, which enables users to organize, protest and influence public opinion in an unprecedented way. Guobin Yang groundbreaking study charts an innovative range of contentious forms and methods relating to Chinese cyberspace, describe a nuanced and dynamic picture of the Chinese Internet as an arena for creativity, community, conflict and control. Like many other contemporary forms of protest in China and the world, argues Yang Chinese online activism derives its vitality and methods from several forces and crossing and state efforts to restrict it only led to more creative forms of subversion. Transnationalism and the tradition of pro. . . Read more>>
The Power of the Internet in China: Citizen Activism Online
Product DescriptionSince China began an era of reform three decades ago, many Westerners believed that political liberalization and democracy would ultimately follow. Contrary to Western expectations, China remains an authoritarian country and the Communist Party remains in power, although the country has experienced rapid economic growth and its people have become richer. The marketization and democracy in China, Zhang Jianjun questions whether China’s reforms have created favorable social conditions for democracy, the country’s emerging entrepreneurial class will serve as the democratic social base, and its role in the process of transition. Based on a careful analysis o.. . Read more>>
Marketization and Democracy in China
Product DescriptionIn the last two decades of the twentieth century, after the global collapse of communism, China has risen from being one of the most egalitarian societies in the world to one of the more unequal. Wang Feng document the process of rising inequality in urban China during this period, and explores the underlying structural forces that define China’s emerging social landscape. By treating social categories created under socialism, such as cities and organizations work, which explicitly forces generating inequality, the author reveals a pattern that includes both the growing inequality between social classes and the persistence of gender equality within them. This pattern is traced to China’s post-socialist political EC. . . Read more>>
Boundaries and Categories: Rising Inequality in Post-Socialist Urban China