Sandra V. Constantin is a sociologist specialized in social policies. She completed her PhD at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. During her PhD, she was a member of the Swiss national centre of competence in research LIVES – Overcoming vulnerability: life course perspectives. Her research interests and expertise are focused on the analysis of social policy and inequalities. Her postdoctoral research focused on family policy, gender and care. Member of the COST Action (CA) “Who cares in Europe”, she also investigates how social welfare demands from families shape both voluntary actions and State provisions. As a board member of the European Sociological Association (ESA)’s research network 14 – Gender relations in the labor market and the Welfare State – she is engaged in the rethinking of the welfare state from the perspective of gender.

• Preface.- Acknowledgements.- Chapter 1: Introduction.- Part 1: Revisiting individualization in China through the prism of the transition to adulthood: Chapter 2: Institutionalized individualism in post-collectivist China.- Chapter 3: Suzhi discourse as a structural component of institutionalized individualism in post-Maoist China.- Chapter 4: A life-course perspective on the individualization process in post-collectivist China.- Part 2: Coming of age in uncertain times: Chapter 5: Exploring pathways to adulthood.- Chapter 6: The rise of new social risks in post-collectivist China.- Part 3: The rise of neo-familialism: Chapter 7: The postponement of family formation due to employment instability.- Chapter 8: Young adults’ aspiration for intimacy in post-collectivist China.- Chapter 9: What does the individualization process do to intergenerational solidarities?.- Conclusion.- Appendix.

Sandra V. Constantin is a sociologist specialized in social policies. She completed her PhD at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. During her PhD, she was a member of the Swiss national centre of competence in research LIVES – Overcoming vulnerability: life course perspectives. Her research interests and expertise are focused on the analysis of social policy and inequalities. Her postdoctoral research focused on family policy, gender and care. Member of the COST Action (CA) “Who cares in Europe”, she also investigates how social welfare demands from families shape both voluntary actions and State provisions. As a board member of the European Sociological Association (ESA)’s research network 14 – Gender relations in the labor market and the Welfare State – she is engaged in the rethinking of the welfare state from the perspective of gender.

• Preface.- Acknowledgements.- Chapter 1: Introduction.- Part 1: Revisiting individualization in China through the prism of the transition to adulthood: Chapter 2: Institutionalized individualism in post-collectivist China.- Chapter 3: Suzhi discourse as a structural component of institutionalized individualism in post-Maoist China.- Chapter 4: A life-course perspective on the individualization process in post-collectivist China.- Part 2: Coming of age in uncertain times: Chapter 5: Exploring pathways to adulthood.- Chapter 6: The rise of new social risks in post-collectivist China.- Part 3: The rise of neo-familialism: Chapter 7: The postponement of family formation due to employment instability.- Chapter 8: Young adults’ aspiration for intimacy in post-collectivist China.- Chapter 9: What does the individualization process do to intergenerational solidarities?.- Conclusion.- Appendix.

Sandra V. Constantin is a sociologist specialized in social policies. She completed her PhD at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. During her PhD, she was a member of the Swiss national centre of competence in research LIVES – Overcoming vulnerability: life course perspectives. Her research interests and expertise are focused on the analysis of social policy and inequalities. Her postdoctoral research focused on family policy, gender and care. Member of the COST Action (CA) “Who cares in Europe”, she also investigates how social welfare demands from families shape both voluntary actions and State provisions. As a board member of the European Sociological Association (ESA)’s research network 14 – Gender relations in the labor market and the Welfare State – she is engaged in the rethinking of the welfare state from the perspective of gender.

• Preface.- Acknowledgements.- Chapter 1: Introduction.- Part 1: Revisiting individualization in China through the prism of the transition to adulthood: Chapter 2: Institutionalized individualism in post-collectivist China.- Chapter 3: Suzhi discourse as a structural component of institutionalized individualism in post-Maoist China.- Chapter 4: A life-course perspective on the individualization process in post-collectivist China.- Part 2: Coming of age in uncertain times: Chapter 5: Exploring pathways to adulthood.- Chapter 6: The rise of new social risks in post-collectivist China.- Part 3: The rise of neo-familialism: Chapter 7: The postponement of family formation due to employment instability.- Chapter 8: Young adults’ aspiration for intimacy in post-collectivist China.- Chapter 9: What does the individualization process do to intergenerational solidarities?.- Conclusion.- Appendix.