The Chinese Triangle of Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong

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The Chinese Triangle of Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong Comparative Institutional Analyses

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Alvin Y. So, Nan Lin, Dudley Poston

Book Code: GM0869

ISBN: 0-313-30869-1

ISBN-13: 978-0-313-30869-7

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312 pages, figures, tables

Greenwood Press

Publication: 7/30/2001

List Price: $119.95 (UK Sterling Price: £70.00)

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Media Type: Hardcover

Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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Series Title: Contributions in Sociology

Series Number: 133

Reviews:

[c]ontains useful information and analyses of the topics covered.
—Royal Society for Asian Affairs October 2002
[h]as excellent potential to make ground-breaking theoretical contributions by relating the Chinese experience to both the theoretical debates on social embeddedness and the well-documented processes of regional integration in Europe and North America....[T]his volume is very well conceived and organized. It stands out as one of the most informative, thoughtful and fresh interpretations of the rapid changes in the Chinese economies in the current era of globalization
—Pacific Affairs Winter 2003-2003
...offers a rich information and excellent insights about evolving institutions at a time of great societal transformation and, in this way, it is a timely sociological reading on Chinese societies. I recommend Chinese Triangle to students of contemporary Chinese society and culture as a reference for their social research programs and classroom instruction.
—The Journal of Asian Studies May 2002

Description: The Chinese triangle of mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan constitutes one of the most dynamic regions in the world economy. Since the late 1970s, these three societies have experienced increasing economic integration; however, studies aimed at analyzing and explaining this integration have often overlooked the very important role social institutions have played in the shaping of this process. To fill this gap, this book adopts a systematic institutional approach designed to examine the different patterns of institutions in the three countries and to discuss how such social institutions as the economy, gender, social networks, and the Chinese diaspora have exerted a profound impact on all three societies. The chapters, taken together, argue that different patterns of institutional configuration have led to divergent paths of development, and that this divergence will have significant implications on the prospects for Chinese national reunification in the twenty-first century. The Introductory chapter provides a historical discussion on the origins and the transformation of the Chinese triangle during the second half of the twentieth century. The remainder of the volume is broken into four topics considered crucial for understanding the transformation of the Chinese triangle: economic transformation, gender, social networks, and the Chinese diaspora. As globalization impacts the Chinese triangle, studies that consider the issues from the perspective of social institutions will be increasingly important to understanding the area as it develops in the world economy.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: The Orgins and Transformation of the Chinese Triangle by Alvin Y. So
Economic Institutions
From Regional Integration to Export Competition? The Evolution of the Chinese Economic Triangle by Xiangming Chen
A Study of Confucian Entrepreneurs in Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong by Tak Sing Cheung and Ambrose Y.C. King
Local Institutions and Property Rights Transformation: Regional Variations in Chinese Rural Reforms by Chih-Jou Jay Chen
Job Stress in the Era of Market Reforms: Manufacturing Workers in Urban Shanghai by Gina Lai
Gender
Cultural Construction of Labor Politics: Gender, Kinship, and Ethnicity in Shenzhen Workplace by Ngai Pun
Of Flesh and Blood: The Human Consequences of Economic Restructuring on Women Workers in Hong Kong by Chi-Kwan Ho
Institutions and Networks Constructing Gender Inequality in Manufacturing Factories: The Case of Taiwan's Export Processing by Ray-May Hsung and Esther Ngan-Ling Chow
Social Networks
Guanxi: A Conceptual Analysis by Nan Lin
Between Personal Ties and Organizational Imperative: The Formation of Exchange Networks among Hospitals by Ly-Yun Chang
A Comparative Study of Personal Networks in Two Chinese Societies by Danching Ruan
Overlapping Networks and Flexible Manufacturing: A Structural Analysis of Hong Kong-Based Garment Industry by Hon-Chu Leung
The Chinese Disapora
PRC Immigrants in the U.S.: A Demographic Profile and An Assessment of Their Integration in the Chinese-American Community by Fenggang Yang
Immigrant Economy in a Pacific Rim Context: Chinese Business in Los Angeles by Yen-Fen Tseng and Yu Zhou
Return Migration among Chinese Immigrants in Toronto by Kumiko Shibuya, Eric Fong, Ming-Long Lam, and Clement So
Using Census Data to Conceptually Define the Chinese American Population by Dudley L. Poston. Jr., Runlong Huang, and Hong Dan
Index

LC Card Number: 00-052121

LCC Class: HN733

Dewey Class: 306


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