This transnational compilation of social science scholarship offers an accessible and impressively comprehensive entrée to understanding core topics in the study of contemporary China. Thoughtfully organized, this timely volume showcases a mix of senior and emerging researchers with empirical and analytical expertise in their respective sub-fields.  Both specialists and students will learn much from this handbook.

• VOLUME 01PART 01: Context: History, Economy, and the EnvironmentChapter 1: The Making of the Modern State and Quest for Modernity - Dali YangChapter 2: Nationalism and the Nation-State - Prasenjit DuaraChapter 3: Continuity and Change: The Economy in the Twentieth Century - Chris BramallChapter 4: Geographic and Environmental Setting - David PietzPART 02: Economic TransformationsIntroduction - Weiping WuChapter 5: Evolution of Market Reforms - Linda YuehChapter 6: State-Owned Enterprise: Reform, Performance, and Prospects - Gary JeffersonChapter 7: The Rural Economy - Susan Whiting and Dan WangChapter 8: Economic Growth and Labor Security - Jenny ChanChapter 9: Inbound Foreign Direct Investment - Yasheng HuangChapter 10: Financial System - Ming He, Yang Chen and Ronald SchrammChapter 11: Technology, Innovation and Knowledge-Based Economy - Albert HuChapter 12: Sustaining Growth: Energy and Natural Resources - Jo Inge Bekkevold and Oystein TunsjoPART 03: Politics and GovernmentIntroduction - Mark W. Frazier Chapter 13: The Communist Party and Ideology - Kerry BrownChapter 14: Corruption in Reform Era: A Multidisciplinary Review - Jiangnan ZhuChapter 15: Campaigns in Politics: From Revolution to Problem Solving - Zhengxu WangChapter 16: Popular Protest - Zhang WuChapter 17: Bureaucracy and Policy Making - Andrew MerthaChapter 18: Local and Grassroots Governance - John Kennedy and Dan ChenChapter 19: Labor Politics - William HurstChapter 20: Legal and Judicial System - Vivienne BathPART 04: China on the Global StageIntroduction - Mark W. FrazierChapter 21: China as a Global Financial Power - Arthur KroeberChapter 22: China and Global Energy Governance - Gaye ChristoffersenChapter 23: China and Global Regimes - Andrew NathanChapter 24: Engagement in Global Health Governance Regimes - Yanzhong Huang and Bei TangPART 05: China′s Foreign PolicyIntroduction - Mark W. FrazierChapter 25: China-US Relations in a Changing Global Order - Rosemary FootChapter 26: China-Japan Relations - Edward Griffith and Caroline RoseChapter 27: Chinese-Russian Relations - Alexander LukinChapter 28: China’s Relations with the Korean Peninsula - Carla FreemanChapter 29: Chinese Foreign Policy: Southeast Asia - Taomou Zhou and Liu HongVOLUME 02PART 06: National and Nested IdentitiesIntroduction - Mark W. FrazierChapter 30: Popular Nationalism - Benjamin DarrChapter 31: Taiwanese Identity - Lowell DittmerChapter 32: Hong Kong Identity - Ho-Fung Hung Chapter 33: Chinese Outside China - Nyíri PálChapter 34: Studying Tibetan Identity - Ben HillmanChapter 35: Uyghur Identities - Joanne Smith FinleyChapter 36: Ethnic Studies Beyond Tibet and Xinjiang - Katherine Palmer KaupChapter 37: Religion - André LalibertéChapter 38: Sexual Minorities - William F. SchroederPART 07: Urbanization and Spatial DevelopmentIntroduction - Weiping WuChapter 39: Urbanization and Urban System - Chaolin Gu and Ian Gillespie CookChapter 40: Population Mobility and Migration - Cindy FanChapter 41: Financing Urbanization and Infrastructure - Weiping WuChapter 42: Land and Housing Markets - Jiang XuChapter 43: Socio-Spatial Transformation of Cities - Jia Feng and Guo ChenPART 08: Poverty and InequalityIntroduction - Weiping WuChapter 44: Poverty and Its Alleviation - Björn GustafssonChapter 45: Regional Inequality: Scales, Mechanisms, and Beyond - Felix Haifeng Liao and Yehua Dennis WeiChapter 46: The Making of the ‘Migrant Class’ - Huimin Du and Wenfei Winnie WangChapter 47: Gender, Migration, and HIV/STI Risks and Risk Behavior - Xiushi Yang, Hongyun Fu and Meizhen LiaoChapter 48: Income Inequality and Class Stratification - Yanjie Bian, Lei Zhang, Yinghui Li, Yipeng Hu and Na LiPART 09: Social ChangeIntroduction - Weiping WuChapter 49: Demographics and Aging - David R. Phillips and Zhixin FengChapter 50: Social Welfare - Daniel HammondChapter 51: China′s Education System: Loved and Hated - Mette Halskov HansenChapter 52: Nightlife and Night-Time Economy in Urban China - James FarrerChapter 53: Family Life - Jieyu Liu, Eona Bell and Jiayu ZhangChapter 54: Health, Diseases, and Medical Care - Lawton R. Burns and Gordon G. LiuChapter 55: Media since 1949: Changes and Continuities - Jian Xu and Wanning SunPART 10: Future Directions for Contemporary China StudiesChapter 56: The Future(s) of China Studies - Sarah Mellors and Jeffrey WasserstromChapter 57: The Future of China′s Past - Kristin StapletonChapter 58: China and the Challenges of Comparison - Mark W. Frazier

This transnational compilation of social science scholarship offers an accessible and impressively comprehensive entrée to understanding core topics in the study of contemporary China. Thoughtfully organized, this timely volume showcases a mix of senior and emerging researchers with empirical and analytical expertise in their respective sub-fields.  Both specialists and students will learn much from this handbook.

• VOLUME 01PART 01: Context: History, Economy, and the EnvironmentChapter 1: The Making of the Modern State and Quest for Modernity - Dali YangChapter 2: Nationalism and the Nation-State - Prasenjit DuaraChapter 3: Continuity and Change: The Economy in the Twentieth Century - Chris BramallChapter 4: Geographic and Environmental Setting - David PietzPART 02: Economic TransformationsIntroduction - Weiping WuChapter 5: Evolution of Market Reforms - Linda YuehChapter 6: State-Owned Enterprise: Reform, Performance, and Prospects - Gary JeffersonChapter 7: The Rural Economy - Susan Whiting and Dan WangChapter 8: Economic Growth and Labor Security - Jenny ChanChapter 9: Inbound Foreign Direct Investment - Yasheng HuangChapter 10: Financial System - Ming He, Yang Chen and Ronald SchrammChapter 11: Technology, Innovation and Knowledge-Based Economy - Albert HuChapter 12: Sustaining Growth: Energy and Natural Resources - Jo Inge Bekkevold and Oystein TunsjoPART 03: Politics and GovernmentIntroduction - Mark W. Frazier Chapter 13: The Communist Party and Ideology - Kerry BrownChapter 14: Corruption in Reform Era: A Multidisciplinary Review - Jiangnan ZhuChapter 15: Campaigns in Politics: From Revolution to Problem Solving - Zhengxu WangChapter 16: Popular Protest - Zhang WuChapter 17: Bureaucracy and Policy Making - Andrew MerthaChapter 18: Local and Grassroots Governance - John Kennedy and Dan ChenChapter 19: Labor Politics - William HurstChapter 20: Legal and Judicial System - Vivienne BathPART 04: China on the Global StageIntroduction - Mark W. FrazierChapter 21: China as a Global Financial Power - Arthur KroeberChapter 22: China and Global Energy Governance - Gaye ChristoffersenChapter 23: China and Global Regimes - Andrew NathanChapter 24: Engagement in Global Health Governance Regimes - Yanzhong Huang and Bei TangPART 05: China′s Foreign PolicyIntroduction - Mark W. FrazierChapter 25: China-US Relations in a Changing Global Order - Rosemary FootChapter 26: China-Japan Relations - Edward Griffith and Caroline RoseChapter 27: Chinese-Russian Relations - Alexander LukinChapter 28: China’s Relations with the Korean Peninsula - Carla FreemanChapter 29: Chinese Foreign Policy: Southeast Asia - Taomou Zhou and Liu HongVOLUME 02PART 06: National and Nested IdentitiesIntroduction - Mark W. FrazierChapter 30: Popular Nationalism - Benjamin DarrChapter 31: Taiwanese Identity - Lowell DittmerChapter 32: Hong Kong Identity - Ho-Fung Hung Chapter 33: Chinese Outside China - Nyíri PálChapter 34: Studying Tibetan Identity - Ben HillmanChapter 35: Uyghur Identities - Joanne Smith FinleyChapter 36: Ethnic Studies Beyond Tibet and Xinjiang - Katherine Palmer KaupChapter 37: Religion - André LalibertéChapter 38: Sexual Minorities - William F. SchroederPART 07: Urbanization and Spatial DevelopmentIntroduction - Weiping WuChapter 39: Urbanization and Urban System - Chaolin Gu and Ian Gillespie CookChapter 40: Population Mobility and Migration - Cindy FanChapter 41: Financing Urbanization and Infrastructure - Weiping WuChapter 42: Land and Housing Markets - Jiang XuChapter 43: Socio-Spatial Transformation of Cities - Jia Feng and Guo ChenPART 08: Poverty and InequalityIntroduction - Weiping WuChapter 44: Poverty and Its Alleviation - Björn GustafssonChapter 45: Regional Inequality: Scales, Mechanisms, and Beyond - Felix Haifeng Liao and Yehua Dennis WeiChapter 46: The Making of the ‘Migrant Class’ - Huimin Du and Wenfei Winnie WangChapter 47: Gender, Migration, and HIV/STI Risks and Risk Behavior - Xiushi Yang, Hongyun Fu and Meizhen LiaoChapter 48: Income Inequality and Class Stratification - Yanjie Bian, Lei Zhang, Yinghui Li, Yipeng Hu and Na LiPART 09: Social ChangeIntroduction - Weiping WuChapter 49: Demographics and Aging - David R. Phillips and Zhixin FengChapter 50: Social Welfare - Daniel HammondChapter 51: China′s Education System: Loved and Hated - Mette Halskov HansenChapter 52: Nightlife and Night-Time Economy in Urban China - James FarrerChapter 53: Family Life - Jieyu Liu, Eona Bell and Jiayu ZhangChapter 54: Health, Diseases, and Medical Care - Lawton R. Burns and Gordon G. LiuChapter 55: Media since 1949: Changes and Continuities - Jian Xu and Wanning SunPART 10: Future Directions for Contemporary China StudiesChapter 56: The Future(s) of China Studies - Sarah Mellors and Jeffrey WasserstromChapter 57: The Future of China′s Past - Kristin StapletonChapter 58: China and the Challenges of Comparison - Mark W. Frazier

This transnational compilation of social science scholarship offers an accessible and impressively comprehensive entrée to understanding core topics in the study of contemporary China. Thoughtfully organized, this timely volume showcases a mix of senior and emerging researchers with empirical and analytical expertise in their respective sub-fields.  Both specialists and students will learn much from this handbook.

• VOLUME 01PART 01: Context: History, Economy, and the EnvironmentChapter 1: The Making of the Modern State and Quest for Modernity - Dali YangChapter 2: Nationalism and the Nation-State - Prasenjit DuaraChapter 3: Continuity and Change: The Economy in the Twentieth Century - Chris BramallChapter 4: Geographic and Environmental Setting - David PietzPART 02: Economic TransformationsIntroduction - Weiping WuChapter 5: Evolution of Market Reforms - Linda YuehChapter 6: State-Owned Enterprise: Reform, Performance, and Prospects - Gary JeffersonChapter 7: The Rural Economy - Susan Whiting and Dan WangChapter 8: Economic Growth and Labor Security - Jenny ChanChapter 9: Inbound Foreign Direct Investment - Yasheng HuangChapter 10: Financial System - Ming He, Yang Chen and Ronald SchrammChapter 11: Technology, Innovation and Knowledge-Based Economy - Albert HuChapter 12: Sustaining Growth: Energy and Natural Resources - Jo Inge Bekkevold and Oystein TunsjoPART 03: Politics and GovernmentIntroduction - Mark W. Frazier Chapter 13: The Communist Party and Ideology - Kerry BrownChapter 14: Corruption in Reform Era: A Multidisciplinary Review - Jiangnan ZhuChapter 15: Campaigns in Politics: From Revolution to Problem Solving - Zhengxu WangChapter 16: Popular Protest - Zhang WuChapter 17: Bureaucracy and Policy Making - Andrew MerthaChapter 18: Local and Grassroots Governance - John Kennedy and Dan ChenChapter 19: Labor Politics - William HurstChapter 20: Legal and Judicial System - Vivienne BathPART 04: China on the Global StageIntroduction - Mark W. FrazierChapter 21: China as a Global Financial Power - Arthur KroeberChapter 22: China and Global Energy Governance - Gaye ChristoffersenChapter 23: China and Global Regimes - Andrew NathanChapter 24: Engagement in Global Health Governance Regimes - Yanzhong Huang and Bei TangPART 05: China′s Foreign PolicyIntroduction - Mark W. FrazierChapter 25: China-US Relations in a Changing Global Order - Rosemary FootChapter 26: China-Japan Relations - Edward Griffith and Caroline RoseChapter 27: Chinese-Russian Relations - Alexander LukinChapter 28: China’s Relations with the Korean Peninsula - Carla FreemanChapter 29: Chinese Foreign Policy: Southeast Asia - Taomou Zhou and Liu HongVOLUME 02PART 06: National and Nested IdentitiesIntroduction - Mark W. FrazierChapter 30: Popular Nationalism - Benjamin DarrChapter 31: Taiwanese Identity - Lowell DittmerChapter 32: Hong Kong Identity - Ho-Fung Hung Chapter 33: Chinese Outside China - Nyíri PálChapter 34: Studying Tibetan Identity - Ben HillmanChapter 35: Uyghur Identities - Joanne Smith FinleyChapter 36: Ethnic Studies Beyond Tibet and Xinjiang - Katherine Palmer KaupChapter 37: Religion - André LalibertéChapter 38: Sexual Minorities - William F. SchroederPART 07: Urbanization and Spatial DevelopmentIntroduction - Weiping WuChapter 39: Urbanization and Urban System - Chaolin Gu and Ian Gillespie CookChapter 40: Population Mobility and Migration - Cindy FanChapter 41: Financing Urbanization and Infrastructure - Weiping WuChapter 42: Land and Housing Markets - Jiang XuChapter 43: Socio-Spatial Transformation of Cities - Jia Feng and Guo ChenPART 08: Poverty and InequalityIntroduction - Weiping WuChapter 44: Poverty and Its Alleviation - Björn GustafssonChapter 45: Regional Inequality: Scales, Mechanisms, and Beyond - Felix Haifeng Liao and Yehua Dennis WeiChapter 46: The Making of the ‘Migrant Class’ - Huimin Du and Wenfei Winnie WangChapter 47: Gender, Migration, and HIV/STI Risks and Risk Behavior - Xiushi Yang, Hongyun Fu and Meizhen LiaoChapter 48: Income Inequality and Class Stratification - Yanjie Bian, Lei Zhang, Yinghui Li, Yipeng Hu and Na LiPART 09: Social ChangeIntroduction - Weiping WuChapter 49: Demographics and Aging - David R. Phillips and Zhixin FengChapter 50: Social Welfare - Daniel HammondChapter 51: China′s Education System: Loved and Hated - Mette Halskov HansenChapter 52: Nightlife and Night-Time Economy in Urban China - James FarrerChapter 53: Family Life - Jieyu Liu, Eona Bell and Jiayu ZhangChapter 54: Health, Diseases, and Medical Care - Lawton R. Burns and Gordon G. LiuChapter 55: Media since 1949: Changes and Continuities - Jian Xu and Wanning SunPART 10: Future Directions for Contemporary China StudiesChapter 56: The Future(s) of China Studies - Sarah Mellors and Jeffrey WasserstromChapter 57: The Future of China′s Past - Kristin StapletonChapter 58: China and the Challenges of Comparison - Mark W. Frazier