European and Chinese sociologies : a new dialogue / / edited by Laurence Roulleau-Berger, Li Peilin.

• TeilnehmendeR: Roulleau-Berger, Laurence, 1956-; Li, Peilin, 1955-
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Series: International Comparative Social Studies 26.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (368 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Sociology is subject to a process of internationalisation. The rapid development of China has provided the ‘China experience’ and shown the emergence of a new sociology. In this book a dialogue between European and Chinese sociologists is opening up new horizons for Western thought in a context of economic and cultural globalisation. The objective is to embark on a process of epistemological reconfiguration, deconstructing reality on the basis of dividing up the world. This book deals with some fundamental sociological issues: modernities and globalisation, class and society, state and democracy, economic change and inequalities in Europe and in China. In the wake of the de-colonial critique of post-colonial studies, the aim of this book is to examine the question of the de-westernisation of knowledge in sociology.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Laurence Roulleau-Berger and Li Peilin -- Introductions European and Chinese Sociologies: A New Dialogue / Laurence Roulleau-Berger -- Societies, Modernities and Globalization Modernity and Modernization / Alain Touraine -- The Economical Status and Social Attitudes of Migrant Workers in China / Li Peilin and Li Wei -- The Crisis of ‘Organised Modernity’ / Robert Castel -- Transition Sociology Trends and New Prospects / Sun Liping -- Multiple Modernities, Inequalities and Intermediate Spaces / Laurence Roulleau-Berger -- Neither Global nor National: Novel Assemblages of Territory, Authority, and Rights / Saskia Sassen -- Class, Individual and Society Social Mobility and Social Class in China: A Comparative Study of Intragenerational Mobility Models Before and After the Economic Reforms / Li Chunling -- The Rise of the ‘Middle Classes’ or the Moyennisation of Society in Contemporary France: A Difficult Debate / Catherine Bidou-Zachariasen -- Individualism, Autonomy, Social Institution: How to overcome the Dichotomy between the Individual and Society / Alain Ehrenberg -- Social Existence of Chinese Middle Class in Contemporary China: Class Cognition and Political Consciousness / Li Lulu -- Guanxilization and Categorization: Theoretical Considerations Based on Two Case Studies / Yang Yiyin -- State, Democraty and Citizenship Conflict, Trust and Democracy in Eastern Europe / Anna Krasteva -- Civil Society in Community Governance: The Experience from China / Li Youmei -- Testing Recognition: New Injunctions and Disjunctions of Democracy in Western Europe / Jean-Paul Payet -- A New Economy of Legality and the Process of Legitimization in Contemporary Societies / Jacques Commaille -- Folk Society and Ritual State / Guo Yuhua -- Dual integration of Social Order: Analysis of a Case of Property Right Dispute / Zhang Jing -- Ethics, Legitimacy and Vulnerability in Europe / Patrick Pharo -- Housing Transforms China: The Homeowners’ Rights Campaign in B City / Shen Yuan -- Economic Transformations and New Social Inequalities Employment Regulation in the Wake of Globalisation / Michel Lallement -- Is There a Future for Industrial Democracy? / Catherine Paradeise -- Industrial Relations and Inequalities in Western Europe: Questions for the Evolution of Chinese Labour Markets / David Marsden -- Three Types of Discrimination against Migrant Workers in the Labor Market and Logical Consequences / Liu Shiding -- Dualism and Diversity: A Comparative Analysis of Unemployment in Italy / Enzo Mingione and Jonathan Pratschke -- Three Decades of Chinese Women. State, Family, Women: Comments on the Last Two Decades of Women or Gender Related Sociological Studies / Tong Xin -- Conclusion / Michel Wieviorka -- Bibliography / Laurence Roulleau-Berger and Li Peilin -- Index / Laurence Roulleau-Berger and Li Peilin.