Introduction
China's Social Life Changes from the Perspective of
Institution and Life ............................................ 1
Chapter One
The Dialectical Relationship between Institution and Life ....... 4
Section One The Research Perspective .......................... 4
Section Two Institution Construction Aiming at Disciplining
Life .............................................. 8
Section Three Institution Cannot Quite Arrange Life ............ 13
Section Four Constructing a Beneficial Interaction between
Institution and Life ............................. 17
Chapter Two
Analyzing Autonomy with Social Theory .......................... 24
Section One The Multiple References of Autonomy .............. 24
Section Two The Condition of Autonomy ........................ 27
Section Three The Paradox of Autonomy .......................... 31
Chapter Three
The Return and Restrictions of Autonomy ........................ 39
Section One Manifestation of Autonomy ........................ 39
Section Two The Paradox of Autonomy .......................... 42
Section Three Surpassing the Dilemma: Proposal of the
Philosophy of Harmonious Society ................. 45
Chapter Four The Structure of the Book ........................ 50
Part One
Organizing the Society:The State Arrangement for the
Structure of Life .............................................. 56
Chapter One
New Institution, New Society, and New Identification ........... 58
Section One The Blueprint of Social Reconstruction after
the Revolution ................................... 58
Section Two The Finalization of Institution and Generation
of New Orders .................................... 63
Section Three Structure and Identity of the Totality Society ... 71
Chapter Two
Disciplined Social Life ........................................ 73
Section One Livelihood within the Logic of Redistribution:
Socialist Welfare System ......................... 73
Section Two Equality and Inequality: Different
Representations of Economical-Political-
Social Status .................................... 83
Section Three "Movement" Becoming a Part of Life ............... 90
Section Four Homogenization: The Declination of
Individuality .................................... 95
Section Five An Ascetic Way of Consumption and Life .......... 100
Chapter Three
The Secret Space of Autonomy .................................. 103
Section One The Behavioral Strategy of "People of the
Working Units": Hidden Movement of the Informal
Network of Relationship ......................... 104
Section Two The Beehive like Structure: Space among the
Work Units ...................................... 109
Section Three Change of Identities: The Hidden Class
Movement ........................................ 114
Summary ....................................................... 118
Part Two
The Loosening of "Certainty" : Experimental Reforms ........... 120
Chapter One
Opening up the Gap of "Society of Work Units" ................. 122
Section One Doing All That Has Been Left Undone ............. 122
Section Two "Loosening" and "Allowing": Prelude of System
of "Loosening" .................................. 124
Section Three The Overflowing of Free Floating Resources ...... 130
Chapter Two
Minor Adjustment of Class Relationship ........................ 141
Section One Transformation of the Pattern of Migration ...... 141
Section Two The Turning Point of the Value of Knowledge:
Rising of the Social Status of the
Intellectuals ................................... 146
Section Three The Rise of the Standard of Career and
Wealth: The Miniature of New Social Groups ...... 151
Chapter Three
Family Life out of the Shadow of Politics ..................... 156
Section One Diversification of Family Economy: Reform
of Relationship in Rural Families ............... 156
Section Two Out of the Political Shadow: Reforms of
Relationship in Urban Families .................. 164
Chapter Four Revival of Freedom and Individuality ............ 168
Section One Free Reading: New Enlightenment Movement ........ 168
Section Two Between Ideal and Reality: Highlighting of
Reflective Consciousness ........................ 173
Section Three Individuality out of Imitation: Fashion
Life Far from Politics .......................... 177
Summary ....................................................... 179
Part Three
The Weakening of Re-distribution System; Generation of
Autonomy ...................................................... 181
Chapter One
Radical Changes in Institution ................................ 183
Section One The End of Ticket Era: Farewell to the Economy
of Shortage ..................................... 183
Section Two Weakening of the System of Population
Registration and Organization ................... 187
Section Three System of Labor Contract: Breaking the "Iron
Rice Bowl" ...................................... 194
Section Four The Return of Community: Self Arrangement
of Social Life .................................. 200
Chapter Two
The Growth of a New Class ..................................... 203
Section One Manual Workers Earning More than Mental
Workers: Loss of the Intellectual Group ......... 203
Section Two Rise of the New Rich: Wave of Plunging into
the Business Sea ................................ 206
Section Three Formation of a New Industrial Worker; Double
Identities of Migrant Workers ................... 210
Section Four White-Collars: Demonstrating a Life of Value
and Taste ....................................... 213
Chapter Three
Coming of the Consumption Era ................................. 216
Section One Improvement of the Level of Consumption:
Transformation from Quantity to Quality ......... 216
Section Two Entertainment Consumption: Privatization and
Industrialization ............................... 219
Section Three Luxurious Consumption: Fashion and Social
Etiquette ....................................... 223
Chapter Four New Trends in Families and Marriages ............ 226
Section One Demonstration of the Space for the Self ......... 226
Section Two The Trans-national Marriage;A Springboard ....... 230
Section Three Facing the Loosened Marriage: "Forgiving"
Extra-marital Affairs ........................... 231
Chapter Five
Self Consciousness and Cultural Aphasia ....................... 235
Section One "Humanism": Appeal of Humanity .................. 235
Section Two Realization of Self Value: The Fourth
Generation ...................................... 237
Section Three Cultural Aphasia; Mass Culture and Humanism ..... 239
Summary ....................................................... 242
Part Four
Opening and Mobility:Social Life in the Context of Market ..... 244
Chapter One
Further Release of the Power of the Market .................... 246
Section One Inhibiting the " Overheated Economy" ............ 246
Section Two Encountering " Insufficient Domestic Demand" .... 249
Section Three Entering the Global Trade System ................ 251
Section Four "Marketization" of Social Life .................. 253
Chapter Two
Stratification of Classes: New Characteristics
of the Social Structure ....................................... 256
Section One Re-structuring the Society ...................... 256
Section Two The Burgeoning of New Stratum Consciousness ..... 260
Section Three The White Collar Group; Stabilizers or .......... 263
Chapter Three
Further Generation of Autonomy; Power Consciousness and
Social Engagement ............................................. 269
Section One "New Cells" in the Rising Society;
Non-governmental Organizations .................. 269
Section Two Awakening of Power Consciousness and Beginning
of Civil Movements .............................. 276
Chapter Four
Shaping of the Era of Consumerism ............................. 279
Section One Farewell to Shortage: Drastic Changes in the
Structure of Family Expenditure and Receipts .... 279
Section Two Excessive Consumption: Credit Changes Life ...... 282
Section Three Differentiation and Diversification:
Consumption Shaping Stratification .............. 287
Chapter Five
Way of Life in the Age of the Internet: Life in Virtuality .... 292
Section One Communication and Life in the Age of the
Internet ........................................ 292
Section Two Expression of Democracy via the Internet ........ 294
Chapter Six
Reform of Welfare System; Transforma- tion from the Release
of the Market to Protection of the Society .................... 297
Section One Marketization of Social Welfare System and Its
Social Consequences ............................. 297
Section Two Reflections After the 16th National Congress
of the CPC and Readjustment of Social Welfare
System .......................................... 301
Chapter Seven
Loss of Identity and Effort at Identity Reconstruction ........ 304
Section One Structural Changes in the Foundational Area
of Social Identity .............................. 304
Section Two Way of Renovation to Reconstruct Identity ....... 307
Summary ....................................................... 312
Part Five
Harmony: The New Page in Social Construction .................. 314
Chapter One
Harmonious Society and New Consensus of Reform ................ 316
Section One Intrinsic Logic of the Change of Consensus
of Reform ....................................... 316
Section Two Harmonious Society: New Consensus of Reform ..... 322
Section Three Reform Consensus Renovated: Reconstruction
of Identity Value ............................... 328
Chapter Two
Institutional Arrangements in the Construction of
a Harmonious Society .......................................... 331
Section One Constructing the Network of Social Security:
Institutional Foundation of Harmonious
Society ......................................... 331
Section Two Adjusting the Mechanism of Social Interests:
Relationship Mediation of Social Construction ... 340
Section Three Burgeoning of the Pattern of Social
Governance: The Interior Process of Harmonious
Society ......................................... 351
Chapter Three
Beginning of a Diversified and Harmonious Life ................ 362
Section One Between Reality and Virtuality: Social
Foundation of Diversified Life .................. 362
Section Two Choice among Stratification: Autonomous Life .... 367
Section Three Building Harmonious New Life: Conformity
of Value and Reconstruction of Order ............ 374
Summary ....................................................... 379
Epilogue
Reconstruction of the Autonomy of Nation State in the
Context of Globalization ...................................... 380
Chapter One New Issuess Raised by Globalization ............. 380
Chapter Two Nation States in a Complicated Society .......... 383
Chapter Three Nation States: Active Agents in the Context of
Globalization ................................... 392
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