Population in China (China Today)
Nancy E. Riley
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Description for Population in China (China Today)
Paperback. China is home to a fifth of the world's inhabitants. For the last several decades, this huge population has been in flux: fertility has fallen sharply, mortality has declined, and massive rural-to-urban migration is taking place. Series: China Today. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 209 x 24. Weight in Grams: 338.
China is home to a fifth of the world's inhabitants. For the last several decades, this huge population has been in flux: fertility has fallen sharply, mortality has declined, and massive rural-to-urban migration is taking place. The state has played a direct role in these changes, seeing population control as an important part of its intention to modernize the country. In this insightful new work, Nancy E. Riley argues that China's population policies and outcomes are not simply imposed by the state onto an unresponsive citizenry, but have arisen from the social organization of China over the past sixty years. ... Read more
China is home to a fifth of the world's inhabitants. For the last several decades, this huge population has been in flux: fertility has fallen sharply, mortality has declined, and massive rural-to-urban migration is taking place. The state has played a direct role in these changes, seeing population control as an important part of its intention to modernize the country. In this insightful new work, Nancy E. Riley argues that China's population policies and outcomes are not simply imposed by the state onto an unresponsive citizenry, but have arisen from the social organization of China over the past sixty years. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Polity
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
China Today
Condition
New
Weight
337g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745688640
SKU
V9780745688640
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About Nancy E. Riley
Nancy E. Riley is Professor of Sociology at Bowdoin College
Reviews for Population in China (China Today)
Nancy Riley has written one of the most informative, insightful, and engaging books on China's population that I have ever read. It will be many years before we see a book dealing with China's population that is as well-written, as lucid and as carefully researched. Dudley L. Poston, Jr., Texas A&M University In this important and eminently readable book, the ... Read more