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Strategies, Rules, and the Power Structure ——The Announcement of Senior Teachers’ List in a High School Wang Lingping;Su Hong Chinese Journal of Sociology    2007, 27 (5): 162-162.   Abstract （3059）      PDF（pc） （793KB）（561）       Knowledge map    Save This paper took a case study of a county-level key secondary school in northern Jiangsu Province and used the rank promotion associated with the announcement of senior teachers’ list as an event for analysis. From the micro-perspective of an organization, the paper described how these teachers applied action strategies developed from the resources currently available to them and constructed a unique organizational power structure based on the actions of all parties involved in the game. Related Articles | Metrics | Comments（0）

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Measuring the Social Network Capital in the Chinese Sociocultural Context WANG Wei-Dong Chinese Journal of Sociology    2009, 29 (3): 146-158.   Abstract （3611）      PDF（pc） （523KB）（1321）       Knowledge map    Save To measure the social network capital， this paper proposes a measurement model composed of network size， network zenith， network range， network variety， and network density. This measurement model was tested with the CGSS 2003 and 2006 data using the structural equation modeling method. Good validity and reliability were obtained when this model was applied in the Chinese sociocultural context. Also， the Chinese NewYearGreeting Network was proven to be a valid instrument to measure the social network capital of the Chinese people. Reference | Related Articles | Metrics | Comments（0）

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Neighborhood Politics: Urban Grassroots Power Operating Strategy and the StateSociety Conglutination Gui Yong Chinese Journal of Sociology    2007, 27 (6): 102-102.   Abstract （3016）      PDF（pc） （906KB）（1076）       Knowledge map    Save “Rupture” and “insertion” are two competing theories regarding the mobilization and control of the state over the urban neighborhood society during the transition period. This paper proposes a new， inbetween “conglutination” perspective， namely， while the state is capable of mobilizing and controlling the urban neighborhood， its capacity is largely constrained by various social and political factors. The analysis of the empirical data suggests that the conglutination between the state and neighborhood society is mainly shaped by the noninstitutional power operation in the neighborhood and the social structures and driving forces of such power. Related Articles | Metrics | Comments（0）

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From Wealth Distribution to Risk Distribution： The Multiple Forces Behind China’s Social Restructuring and Their Relationships Li Youmei Chinese Journal of Sociology    2008, 28 (6): 1-14.   Abstract （3220）      PDF（pc） （590KB）（910）       Knowledge map    Save In the context of an open society， there are many forces driving social restructuring， and each force has its own unique influence. Their partially overlapped functions and conflicts have created tremendous complexity in the social structure. In the past 30 years since the open reform， China’s sociological studies on social structure have followed the logic of wealth distribution. In this paper， the author claims that since the beginning of the 21st century， a new force that plays a key role in the Chinese social structural changes in a riskoriented society is emerging. On the one hand， the permeation of the risks and their omnipresence have made possible the mobilization of the whole society beyond classes， strata， occupations， sexes， beliefs， and races， thus giving a new impetus to the production of civil society. On the other hand， risk distribution is isomorphic with class and stratus differentiation to some extent， with the former to intensify the latter. Meanwhile， it is possible that risk conflicts may become a force that would bring about new social conflicts. In the new century， the interaction between the logics of wealth distribution and risk distribution will shape China’s social structure into a new tendency. Related Articles | Metrics | Comments（0）

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Understanding the Inequality in China Xie Yu Chinese Journal of Sociology    2010, 30 (3): 1-20.   Abstract （6841）      PDF（pc） （2099KB）（960）       Knowledge map    Save Abstract： Drawing on past research， the author has advocated the following propositions： （1） the inequality in China has been severely impacted by some collective mechanisms， such as regions and work units； （2） traditional Chinese political ideology has promoted meritbased inequality， with merit being perceived as functional in improving the collective welfare for the masses； and （3） many Chinese people today regard inequality as an inevitable consequence of economic development． Thus， it seems unlikely that social inequality alone would lead to political and social unrest in today’s China． Reference | Related Articles | Metrics | Comments（0） Cited: Baidu(40)

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Mutual Abandonment： Tension between Society and Sociology：A Discussion with Mr． Xiao Ying Guo Qiang Chinese Journal of Sociology    2010, 30 (3): 21-43.   Abstract （3021）      PDF（pc） （1584KB）（732）       Knowledge map    Save Abstract：Society without sociology and sociology without society are the inevitable results of their mutual abandonment． For sociology to go back in touch with society， it must be clear about the fundamentals of its own knowledge system， namely， the definitional boundaries of society and sociality， their basic internal meanings， and social subjects． But the vagueness and nonhumanization of social concepts have ended up with their legitimacy and origins lost． Xiao Ying excogitated a side way for the return of sociology； Bourdieu introduced the concept of “Field” to replace “Society．” The tension between society and sociology has led to the distancing of the two from each other， and further， the expected loss of the origins of both society and sociology． The social disorder， the breakage in social intermediation， and the singleness in the media and the public have terminated sociality as well as sociology． The resolution of the tension between the two has become the challenge to the development of society and sociology． Reference | Related Articles | Metrics | Comments（0）

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Logics of Power Operations at the Grassroots Level： A Case Study of a Community in Shanghai Jin Qiao Chinese Journal of Sociology    2010, 30 (3): 44-64.   Abstract （3160）      PDF（pc） （1924KB）（903）       Knowledge map    Save Abstract： With the supposition that city communities had their own unique logics of power perations existing right in the interactor interactions， this study took a residential committee to examine the interactions among its Party Secretary， members and workers within the committee， members in other organizations， activists and ordinary residents in the community， and certain special groups， through which the power operations and interactive processes within city communities as well as their underlying logics were analyzed． It was found that， in the interactive processes with various groups， the residential committee workers demonstrated power in many forms， including the interpersonal humantouch power， semibureaucratic power， resourceexchanging power， organizational cooperating power， various strategic and tactic power， etc． Five logics of city community power operations were summarized： the attachment logic， the negotiated cooperation logic， the eliteleading logic， the humantouch logic， and the servicechange logic． Reference | Related Articles | Metrics | Comments（0）

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Between Institution and Guanxi： Trust Building for Small Business Loans from the Commercial Bank Chinese Journal of Sociology    2010, 30 (3): 65-82.   Abstract （2914）      PDF（pc） （1592KB）（539）       Knowledge map    Save Abstract： From the perspective of trust， this paper discusses how the relational trust and the institutional trust interact in trading exchanges to stimulate the loan business． Both function through actors， who follow the “selfsituation” strategy． The institutional trust has a prominent position in the economic life， and possesses its independence to some extent． It is the foundation of modern enterprising， and it is not substitutable． What is missing in the institutional trust may be complemented by the relational trust； the risks in the relational trust， however， must be controlled by the institutional trust． Only when a good institution is established can guanxi（relation） play a positive role and overcome its negative effects． Reference | Related Articles | Metrics | Comments（0）

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Pluralistic Discourse Analysis： A New Mode of Social Analysis Xie Lizhong Chinese Journal of Sociology    2010, 30 (2): 1-19.   Abstract （3721）      PDF（pc） （1469KB）（1389）       Knowledge map    Save Pluralistic discourse analysis is the analysis of the manner with which the discourse is produced， the channel through which it is disseminated， and with what rules in what kind of process． It is to analyze discourses from the stance of pluralism． Advocating pluralistic discourse analysis is to eliminate the influence of the traditional classic models represented by Positivism， Hermeneutics and Phenomenology in the social study． Pluralistic discourse analysis involves the basic procedures of analyzing discourse strategies and rules of discourse formation． This method is significant at multiple levels in our social studies． Reference | Related Articles | Metrics | Comments（0）

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An Ethnically Mixed Village under Clan Control： From the Perspective of Cultural Nexus of Power Zhang Heqing Chinese Journal of Sociology    2010, 30 (2): 20-44.   Abstract （3304）      PDF（pc） （1977KB）（865）       Knowledge map    Save From the perspective of cultural nexus of power， this article profoundly presents the political structure of an ethnically mixed mountainous village， Benglan Hecao in Yunnan Province， which was traditionally controlled by the main clan and Bimuo the Chief. The author argues that the sociopolitical situation before 1949 was manipulated by the main clan and Bimuo the Chief， who acquired their authority and legitimacy by the rural cultural nexus and played an organizational leadership role in this cultural power nexus. Via manipulating the rural cultural nexus （the intraclan kinships and religious beliefs and inter-clan relationships）， the main clan and its Chief Bimuo were firmly in control of this rural society． Reference | Related Articles | Metrics | Comments（0）

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Ethnic Groups and Educational Inequalities： An Empirical Study of the Educational Attainment of the Ethnic Minorities in Western China   Hong Yanbi Chinese Journal of Sociology    2010, 30 (2): 45-73.   Abstract （3969）      PDF（pc） （1782KB）（1082）       Knowledge map    Save Through reviewing the literature both at home and abroad on educational stratification， this paper demonstrates the need to incorporate ethnicity in China’s market transition and the social stratification theory. Furthermore， ethnicity should be empirically examined from the angle of educational attainment. The main factors which affect ethnic minorities’ educational attainment are： urbanrural geographical disparities， occupational structures （classes）， cultural differences， and political processes. An analysis of the data from the 2004 survey of Western China has revealed the following finings： 1） the ethnic gap in basic education can mainly be explained by urbanrural and class background differences， with the effect of the ethnic variable being not significant； 2） the odds of high school enrollment of ethnic minorities are still lower than Han’s （Han is the majority group）， the differences being explainable in part by the urbanrural geographical and class disparities and in part by the cultural differences （such as language contexts） between ethnic minorities and； and 3） ethnic minorities’ intergenerational education reproduction differs in pattern from that of Han’s，with the former being mainly in the form of Resource Transfer in contrast to the latter’s coexistence of Resource Transfer and Cultural Reproductionsuch patter differences in turn differentiate the benefits from the educational expansion by different ethnic groups. In sum， although the educational attainment of the ethnic minorities in Western China is significantly lower than that of Han， the inequalities are results of urbanrural and class differences． Reference | Related Articles | Metrics | Comments（0）

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Organization， Work， and Emotional Alienation：A Study of Life Insurance Agents in Xiamen Sheng Sixin Chinese Journal of Sociology    2010, 30 (2): 74-100.   Abstract （3359）      PDF（pc） （1615KB）（937）       Knowledge map    Save  When following the marketing model of the Western life insurance industry， China’s life insurers have executed a more aggressive emotional management of their sales agents． Due to widespread social resistance， life insurance agents in China experience negative emotions quite often． The overly commercialized use of guanxi at work has not only violated the agents’ preexisting social networks but also is hindering their development of new nonbusiness relationships with others． The working ideology of “embedding insurance into life； embedding life into insurance” blurs the boundary between work and life， which has inevitably made the agents’ work full of emotional conflicts． Although the life insurance agents have been trying to manage these conflicts through various coping strategies， their efforts will probably aggravate individuals’ impersonal problems， and will finally result in emotional alienation as a consequence． Reference | Related Articles | Metrics | Comments（0）

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Fragile Solidarity： A Case Analysis of the Riot Chain in Tai Xing Factory HuangYan Chinese Journal of Sociology    2010, 30 (2): 101-115.   Abstract （3269）      PDF（pc） （1460KB）（847）       Knowledge map    Save Globalization has been changing China’s industry structure and capitallabor relations. Working in a large number of Original Equipment Manufacturers （OEMs）， millions of migrant workers are faced with dual repression from foreign capital and local governments. However， these workers’ survival struggle is a weak one． From a microlevel perspective， this paper analyzes the reasons of the emergence of the resistance and the social structure for the escalation of the riot． The social origins of the failures or abatement of these struggles are uncovered in response to the observations by other scholars at home and abroad． Reference | Related Articles | Metrics | Comments（0）

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The Operation Process and Mechanism of Group Blood Donation in Danwei： A Case Study of University T in Beijing Yu Chengpu Chinese Journal of Sociology    2010, 30 (2): 116-143.   Abstract （3520）      PDF（pc） （1817KB）（998）       Knowledge map    Save In the transformational context of China’s social structure and blood system， this paper takes the “Girl’s Day” blood donation activity of University T as a critical case to apply collective action theories to the analysis of the operation process of group blood donation in Danwei． The operation process of voluntary blood donation without compensation is actually a process of constructing and extending the meaning frame． Providing no compensation does not mean free of incentives． It is to downplay material incentives but to promote symbolic incentives by highlighting symbols， discourses， significances， and values． This not only displays high regard for the blood donators but also reproduces frames for blood donation． Group blood donation in Danweirelies on structural accessibility inside Danwei． With such accessibility high in universities， universities have naturally become the main body for group blood donation． Reference | Related Articles | Metrics | Comments（0）

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A MetaAnalysis of UrbanRural Differences in Happiness Zhang Junhua Chinese Journal of Sociology    2010, 30 (2): 144-155.   Abstract （2978）      PDF（pc） （1624KB）（1175）       Knowledge map    Save The metaanalysis of 18 studies about the urbanrural differences in happiness found a higher level of happiness among people living in cities and towns than those living in rural areas． The finding was reliable and the differences could be explained by social comparison and social adaptation． Publication biases were excluded as an explanation and the disputes on this issue in China were due to the differences in the instrumentswhen a study employed research instruments of higher quality， it was more likely to conclude that urban dwellers were happier than rural residents． Reference | Related Articles | Metrics | Comments（0）

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The Social Construction of the “Auto dream”： A Content Analysis of Auto Advertisements in Southern Weekly （1998-2007） Lin Xiaoshan Chinese Journal of Sociology    2010, 30 (2): 156-177.   Abstract （3809）      PDF（pc） （2114KB）（801）       Knowledge map    Save In China today， owning a car has become a symbol of a happy life to most urban families． As an ideology of consumption， auto advertisements have played a great role in the social construction of the “auto dream．” This paper reports a content analysis of the auto advertisements in Southern Weekly （1998-2007）． The “selfhedonic imagination identity” and “socialreferencing success identity” are the two most important “identity strategies” with which auto advertising has constructed the “auto dream．” Their effect is far greater than that of the functional strategy in auto advertising． These hypotheses of the author’s are verified by the results of the content analysis． The paper concludes with a discussion of the social roots for the powerful construction of the “auto dream” in the recent 10 years and an indepth reflection upon this dream’s potential social consequences． Reference | Related Articles | Metrics | Comments（0）

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The Internet and Contentious Actions： Theoretical Models， the China Experience， and Future Research Directions Huang Ronggui Chinese Journal of Sociology    2010, 30 (2): 178-197.   Abstract （3824）      PDF（pc） （1549KB）（921）       Knowledge map    Save  With a significant impact of the Internet on contentious actions， studies on this topic have been burgeoning． However， these studies are scattered across different disciplines， resulting in a lack of a coherent interdisciplinary theoretical framework， which has hindered further development in this research field． This paper reviews the relevant studies and classifies three theoretical models regarding the Internet influencing contentious actions． In addition， with a review of the research findings in the Chinese contexts including the Internet and contentious actions and the development of civic society， the author presents a brief discussion on the directions of future research． Reference | Related Articles | Metrics | Comments（0）

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From Strategies to Ethics：A Critique of the “Rightful Resistance” Wu Changqing Chinese Journal of Sociology    2010, 30 (2): 198-214.   Abstract （3454）      PDF（pc） （1540KB）（780）       Knowledge map    Save This paper contends that， due to the influence from the concept of “rightful resistance，” current studies on rural protests have overemphasized the strategies in the protest process but neglected the importance of the ethics． After summarizing the insights from the “rightful resistance，” the author points out its limitation and tries to remedy it by bringing in the ethical perspective． The paper then moves on to describe the research process with the ethical perspective． Finally， on the basis of the author's field research， the paper discusses the original explanatory power of ethics in the rural protest research． Reference | Related Articles | Metrics | Comments（0）

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Analysis of the Validity and Limit of “Individualistic Resistance” from the Subaltern Society in Contemporary China： A Report from the HIVRidden Villages in Hubei Province and Henan Province Wang Hongwei Chinese Journal of Sociology    2010, 30 (2): 215-234.   Abstract （3547）      PDF（pc） （1624KB）（1380）       Knowledge map    Save Through the investigation of resistance of those in the AIDS villages in the HIVridden areas in Hubei province and Henan province， the author proposes two kinds of sociologic logics of social resistance in the subaltern society of contemporary China： externally relied “rulebased resistance” and internally relied “individualistic resistance．” They have both become the most convincible sociologic analysis frames to account for the social resistance in the current Chinese subaltern society yet they differ in logics． This paper originally examines the formation mechanism and operating rules of the “individualistic resistance” mode， which leads to the discovery of the trends of nonpolitics， weak organization， and tangiblebenefit focus in the resistance in the rural subaltern society， making “organized” political protests up to a revolutionized turn far away from the reach．   Reference | Related Articles | Metrics | Comments（0）

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Social Ideology and Its Modernity：An Executive Summary of the 7th Annual Meeting on the History of Chinese Social Ideology Dong Yunsheng Chinese Journal of Sociology    2010, 30 (2): 235-240.   Abstract （2884）      PDF（pc） （1340KB）（857）       Knowledge map    Save Related Articles | Metrics | Comments（0）