Value Changes and Regime Stability in Contemporary China

This book provides a comprehensive examination of value changes of Chinese citizens, especially the younger generation, and how the Chinese authorities take efforts to adapt to such changes and refine its social control mechanisms. The book discusses three related themes through a series of topics. The first theme examines the changes in political attitudes and values among Chinese youths, comparing them to the older generations in the mainland and their contemporaries in Hong Kong and Taiwan. The second theme focuses on the recent development of social unrests, new pursuits that emerged in the Chinese society, and new means adopted by the Chinese protestors. The third theme touches on the responses of the party-state under the Xi Jinping administration, and how it has sophisticatized the machine of social control. With these three themes, this book also adds on to the understanding of regime stability of the Communist system in China, and how this system handles a variety of challenges brought about by dramatic social changes.Contents: Introduction: State and Society in ChinaGenerational Changes in Political BehaviorsPost-Materialism of Youth in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Mainland ChinaComparing Social Values in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Mainland ChinaMiddle-Class Protests, Labor Disputes and Ethnic TensionsStrengthening the Machine of Social ControlJudicial Reform: Refining the Way of Ruling
Readership: Academics, policy-makers, professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, interested in China's regime stability and social governance.Reform;Opening Up;Regime Stability;Chinese Communist Party;Political Trust;Nationalism;Post-Materialism;Values;Social Unrest;Social Governance;Social Management;Internet Censorship;Social Credit System;Legal Reform0Key Features:Covers a wide range of issues crucial to understand China's social changes and stabilityWritten in a narrative and descriptive style suitable for the general educated publicExamines value changes of Chinese youths and the Xi administration's most up-to-date efforts to develop social control apparatus