Laurence Roulleau-Berger, Ph.D. (1982) and Habilitation (2001) in Sociology, University of Lyon, is Research Director at CNRS, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon. She has published and edited many articles and books on urban and economic sociology, in the field of international migrations and recently about Chinese sociology, including Dewesternisation of Sociology: Europe in the Mirror of China (L'Aube, 2011).Li Peilin, Ph.D. (1987), University of Paris I (Pantheon-Sorbonne), is Professor and Director of the Institute of Sociology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. He also serves as the President of the Chinese Sociological Association and is Chief-editor of Sociological Studies (China). He has published and edited many articles and books in the field of social development, migration and social policy, including China's New Stage of Development (China: An International Journal, 2011).

• List of Tables and FiguresAcknowledgementsNotes on ContributorsList of AbbreviationsINTRODUCTIONSEuropean and Chinese Sociologies: A New Dialogue, Laurence Roulleau-Berger Chinese Sociology in Global Perspective, Li PeilinPART ONE: SOCIETIES, MODERNITIES AND GLOBALIZATION1. Modernity and Modernization, Alain Touraine2. The Economical Status and Social Attitudes of Migrant Workers in China, Li Peilin and Li Wei3.The crisis of ‘Organised Modernity, Robert Castel4.Transition Sociology Trends and New Prospects, Sun Liping5.Multiple Modernities, Inequalities and Intermediate Spaces, Laurence Roulleau-Berger6.Neither Global or National: Novel Assemblages of Territory, Authority and Rights, Saskia SassenPART TWO:CLASS, INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETY7. Social Mobility and Social Class in China: A Comparative Study of Intragenerational Mobility Models Before and After the Economic Reforms, Li Chunling8.The Rise of the ‘Middle Classes’ Ascension or the Moyennisation of the Society in Contemporary France: A Difficult Debate, Catherine Bidou-Zachariasen9.Individualism, Autonomy, Social Institution: How to Surmount the Dichotomy of the Individual and Society, Alain Ehrenberg10.Social Existence of Chinese Middle Class in Contemporary China: Class Cognition and political consciousness, Li Lulu11.Guanxilization and Categorization : Theoretical Considerations Based on Two Case Studies, Yang YiyinPART THREE: STATE, DEMOCRATY AND CITIZENSHIP12.Conflict, Trust and Democracy in Eastern Europe, Anna Krasteva13. Civil Society in Community Gouvernance: The Experience from China, Li Youmei14.Testing Recognition: New Injunctions and Disjunctions of Democracy in Western Europe, Jean-Paul Payet15.A New Economy of Legality and the Process of Legitimization in Contemporary Societies, Jacques Commaille 16.Folk Society and Ritual State, GuoYuhua 17. Dual integration of Social Order: Analysis of a Case of Property Right Dispute, Zhang Jing18.Ethics, Legitimicy and Vulnerability in Europe, Patrick Pharo19.Housing Transforms China: The Homeowners’ Rights Campaign in B City, Shen YuanPART FOUR: ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATIONS AND NEW SOCIAL INEQUALITIES20.Employment Regulation in the Wake of Globalisation, Michel Lallement21.Is There a Future for Industrial Democracy?, Catherine Paradeise22.Industrial Relations and Inequalities in Western Europe: Questions for the Evolution of Chinese Labour Markets, David Marsden23. Three Types of Discrimination against Migrant Workers in the Labor Market and Logical Consequences, Liu Shiding24.Dualism and Diversity: A Comparative Analysis of Unemployment in Italy, Enzo Mingione and Jonathan Pratschke25. Three Decades of Chinese Women: State, Family, Women. Comments on the Last Two Decades of Women or Gender Related Sociological Studies, Tong XinConclusion, Michel WieviorkaBibliographyIndex