Product Description: Beijing has formed South-South relations with many developing countries and emerging economies by providing foreign aid, setting up trade agreements, making investments, and employing public diplomacy. China's economic rise and diplomatic initiatives to expand strategic partnerships with countries of the Global South are starting to impact the very structure of international relations...read more

Product Description: The double-edged policy pursued by the Chinese government of allowing rural-to-urban migrants to contribute economically to China's growth while, at the same time, placing restrictions on the migrants' urban residence permits and their access to urban facilities has created serious challenges for public health strategies implemented at national and local levels...read more

Product Description: Labour Mobility in Urban China is the focus of this comprehensive account which introduces readers to the far-reaching changes arising from the transformation of the Chinese labour market. The book brings together academic research and practical experience from China and abroad...read more

Product Description: Twenty years ago, foreign researchers were just (or to be more exact: again) beginning to venture into China for fieldwork. Today, "the field" itself has become mobile, ephemeral and virtual as more research focuses on human mobility and communication...read more

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Product Description: This text presents the results of a three-year study in social research, which aimed to measure and explain anomie in different parts of the world with different cultures and different socio-political and economic conditions. Both quantitative and qualitative methods were applied, and the book not only represents the projects in juxtaposition, but also attempts to show how they relate to each other...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)