A Life Course Perspective on Chinese Youths From the Transformation of Social Policies to the Individualization of the Transition to Adulthood
This open access book investigates from a life-course perspective the individualization process and the challenges faced by young adults in post-collectivist China, where people are enjoined to "liberate" (jiefang) their individual capacities, to "rely on themselves" (kao ziji) a...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Springer International Publishing
2024.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 2024. |
| Colección: | Life Course Research and Social Policies,
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009834837606719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.
