Chinese Society in the Xi Jinping Era

As China has become the world's second largest economy and risen rapidly amid various internal and external challenges, its profound social transformation and changing social policies are seemingly receiving inadequate attention from both academic and policy communities, especially in the Xi Jinping era since 2013. After decades of development, new social values, behaviours and organisations have emerged in China. Social changes and unresolved social issues are demanding for policy attention and proper governance.

This book studies the important aspects of China's social transformation, policy and governance in recent years, including social stability maintenance, education, social media, industrial de-capacity and lay-off campaign, ethnic minority and ethnic policy, elderly care, poverty reduction and social governance. It will enable readers to have a better understanding of China's most important and pressing social issues and relevant social policies.
Contents: PrefaceAbout the Editors and ContributorsSocial Resistance and Social Stability Maintenance in the Xi Jinping Era (Christian GÖBEL)China's Industrial De-capacity and Lay-off Campaign under Xi Jinping (QI Dongtao and HUANG Jingyang)Chinese Social Media (SHIH Hui Min)China's Ethnic Policy since 2009 (LIANG Yongjia)Isolated but Happy: The Social Profile of Uighurs in China (SHAN Wei)Rural Poverty Alleviation in China in the Xi Jinping Era (QIAN Jiwei)Compulsory Education and Poverty Trap in Rural Areas in China (YANG Lijun)'Education-induced Poverty' in China and Policy Recommendations (WEN Hong and LI Haibin)
Readership: Academics, professionals, policy-makers and students interested in China's important and pressing social issues in Xi Jinping Era.Social Policy;Social Change;Social Governance;China;Xi Jinping;Education;Social Media;Social Resistance;Social Stability;Poverty;Ethnic Minority;Ethnic Policy;Uighurs;Industrial Capacity Reduction;Lay-Off;Population Ageing;Elderly Care0Key Features:Analysis with most updated data on China's important and pressing social issuesA focus on the Xi Jinping era