Creating Wealth and Poverty in Postsocialist China

Deborah S. Davis is Professor of Sociology at Yale University. Wang Feng is Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Irvine.

"This book's contribution ... is the detailed depiction of the mechanisms that affect Chinese society as it undergoes a rapid transformation in the post colonial period. Despite some flaws, this is the most comprehensive and insightful books in recent years to address the issue of social inequality in globalizing China."—Pun Nagi, The China Journal "The book indeed maps a wide range of social inequality in China: age, gender, class, sector, and regional inequality .... The value of the book for researchers in the field of social stratification actually lies in its variety."—Xiaodan Zhang, China Quarterly "This is the best and most comprehensive volume to have been published on social inequality in contemporary China in quite some time. Non of the chapters disappoint, and all contributions are of consistently high quality. Every sociologist and political scientist, as well as many economists, specializing in China will have to react to this book, and every library should acquire it."—William Hurst, Journal of Asian Studies "The [book] is of high quality."—Dominique Tyl, Chinese Cross Currents. "Addressing key issues in debates related to market transition in China, this comprehensive, unique collection will no doubt have audiences in many disciplines. It is the only recent volume of its kind, and the caliber of the contributors guarantees visibility."—Lisa Keister, Duke University "A group of prominent scholars use fresh survey data and in-depth ethnographic analysis and examine a broad range of issues relating to economic and social changes in contemporary China. This timely volume contains some unexpected and fascinating findings which provide new perspectives for understanding a rapidly evolving society." —Wenfang Tang, University of Pittsburgh

• CONTENTS List of Illustrations List of Tables Acknowledgments List of Contributors POVERTY, WEALTH, and STRATIFICATION: THE INTERCONNECTIONS Chapter.1 Poverty and Wealth in Postsocialist China: An Overview Deborah Davis and Wang Feng Chapter 2 Market vs. Social Benefits: Explaining China's Changing Income Inequality Qin Gao and Carl Riskin Chapter 3 Market and Gender Pay Equity: Have Chinese Reforms Narrowed the Gap? Philip N. Cohen and Wang Feng Chapter 4The Two Faces of Luxury: Gender and Generational Inequality in a Beijing Hotel Eileen Otis Chapter 5The Changing Structure of Employment in Contemporary China Peter Evans and Sarah Staveteig POSTSOCIALIST POWER AND PROPERTY RELATIONS Chapter 6Institutional Basis of Socialist Stratification in Transitional China Liu Xin Chapter 7Rethinking Corporatist Bases of Stratification in Rural China Xueguang Zhou Chapter 8 Creating Wealth: Land Seizure, Local Government and Farmers Zhou Feizhou Chapter 9 Resolution Mechanisms for Land Rights Disputes Zhang Jing POSTSOCIALIST LIFE CHANCES Chapter 10 Regional Inequality in China: Mortality and Health Yong Cai Chapter 11Beyond Cost: Rural Perspectives on Barriers to Education Emily Hannum and Jennifer Adams Chapter 12Urban Occupational Mobility and Employment Institutions Yanjie Bian INTERPRETING POSTSOCIALIST WEALTH AND POVERTY Chapter 13 Social Contours of Distributive Injustice Feelings in Contemporary China Chunping Han and Martin King Whyte Chapter 14From Inequality to Inequity: Popular Conception of Social (In)justice in Beijing Ching Kwan Lee Chapter 15 Social Stratification: The Legacy of the Late Imperial Past R. Bin Wong Notes References Index