| 课程号 |
02830730 |
学分 |
3 |
| 英文名称 |
Contemporary Chinese Society |
| 先修课程 |
无 |
| 中文简介 |
在今天这个时代，我们尤其感兴趣中国在发生什么。在1949年中国建国之前，中国经历了从1840年的鸦片战争到第二次世界大战结束的百年屈辱历史，中国一直处于贫穷，落后的深渊。直到1978年的经济改革，中国才恢复了与世界其他国家的联系，并开启了一个新的时代。自1978年以来，中国经历了在人类历史上无论从规模、速度还是影响上都史无前例的社会变革，中国社会的各个方面都在进行着根本而永久的改变。
这一课程将会介绍中国社会的一些最显著的特征，包括工作单位，教育系统，城乡差距，人口迁移，社会不平等，婚姻和家庭，民族和宗教。教学重点是要在中国的历史、文化、政治和经济背景下来理解中国的社会现象。
这一课程会给学生一个理解中国的社会学视角，使学生能够学会研究中国的其他社会变迁，而且这些社会变迁的长远影响并不仅仅在于现在生活在中国的13亿中国人，而且也会影响到世界上其他的发达国家和发展中国家。
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| 英文简介 |
This is a particularly exciting time to know what is going on in China today. After its unification in 1949, following a “century of humiliation” between the Opium War that began in 1840 and the end of the Second World War, China remained poor, undeveloped and isolated from the rest of the world until 1978, when economic reform initiated a new era. Since 1978, China has been undergoing a social transformation of which the scope, rapidity and impact are unprecedented in human history; all aspects of Chinese society are changing fundamentally and forever.
The seminar offers an introduction to some of the most prominent features of Chinese society, including work organizations, the education system, the urban/rural divide, migration, social inequality, marriage and family, ethnicity and religion. The emphasis is on understanding social phenomena in China within its historical, cultural, political and economic context.
This seminar gives a substantive introduction to sociological perspectives of China that will allow students to begin to study other social changes in China and their long-term impact on not only the 1.3 billion Chinese now living in China—the largest population in the world today—but also people living elsewhere, in developed as well as developing countries.
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| 开课院系 |
光华管理学院 |
| 成绩记载方式 |
百分制 |
| 通识课所属系列 |
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| 授课语言 |
英文 |
| 教材 |
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| 参考书 |
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| 教学大纲 |
“An important step towards understanding China is to spend time there.”
This seminar, taught at Peking University in Beijing, with students from two PUs, Princeton University and Peking University, offers an opportunity to understand contemporary Chinese society through lectures, readings, discussions, and tours in China.
In the six weeks, we will cover six important topics in six modules. For each module, we will have a combination of a lecture, a guest lecture (if available), readings, student presentations, class discussions, and onsite tours.
An underlying philosophy for this seminar is that understanding contemporary Chinese society should require one to take into account its historical, cultural, political and economic context. I expect all students to be open-minded and enjoy an intellectual, as well as a physical, journey in understanding China.
Week 1 (July 13-July 17)
Topic: Overview of Modern China
Readings:
Fan, S., Kanbur, R., Wei, S.J. and Zhang, X., 2013. The Economics of China: Successes and Challenges (No. w19648). National Bureau of Economic Research.
Xie, Y. 2011. “Evidence-Based Research on China: A Historical Imperative.” Chinese Sociological Review 44 (1):14-25.
Xie, Y. 2016. “Understanding Inequality in China.” Chinese Journal of Sociology, 2(3), pp.327-347.
Field Trip: Xiaomi Factory
Week 2 (July 20-July 24)
Topic: Government and Politics
Readings:
Li, H. and Zhou, L.A., 2005. “Political Turnover and Economic Performance: the Incentive Role of Personnel Control in China.” Journal of Public Economics, 89(9), pp.1743-1762.
King, G., Pan, J. and Roberts, M.E., 2013. “How Censorship in China Allows Government Criticism but Silences Collective Expression.” American Political Science Review, 107(02), pp.326-343.
Oi, Jean C. 1995. “The Role of the Local State in China`s Transitional Economy.” The China Quarterly 144: 1132-1149.
Walder, A. G. (2011). “From Control to Ownership: China`s Managerial Revolution.” Management and Organization Review, 7(1), 19-38.
Field Trip 1: Great Wall – Badaling and Ming Tombs
Week 3 (July 27-July 31):
Topic: Regional Variation, Urban/Rural Divide, and Migration
Readings:
Chan, K. W. 2013. “China: Internal Migration.” The Encyclopedia of Global Human Migration.
Kanbur, R. and Zhang, X., 2005. “Fifty Years of Regional Inequality in China: a Journey through Central Planning, Reform, and Openness.” Review of Development Economics, 9(1), pp.87-106.
Liang, Z., 2016. “China`s Great Migration and the Prospects of a More Integrated Society.” Annual Review of Sociology, 42, pp.451-471.
Field Trip : Datong, Shanxi Province
Week 4 (August 3-August 7)
Topic: Education, Work, and Income
Readings:
Khor, N., Pang, L., Liu, C., Chang, F., Mo, D., Loyalka, P., & Rozelle, S. 2016. “China’s Looming Human Capital Crisis: Upper Secondary Educational Attainment Rates and the Middle-income Trap.” The China Quarterly, 228, 905-926.
Wu, X., '||chr(38)||' Zhang, Z. 2010. “Changes in Educational Inequality in China, 1990–2005: Evidence from the Population Census Data.” Research in Sociology of Education 17 (2010): 123-152.
Xie, Y., Lai, Q., '||chr(38)||' Wu, X. 2009. “Danwei and Social Inequality in Contemporary Urban China.” Research in the Sociology of Work, 19, 283-306.
Xie, Y., '||chr(38)||' Zhou, X. 2014. “Income Inequality in Today’s China.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111(19), 6928-6933.
Field Trip: Temple of Heaven, Hutong in Beijing (five separate groups after lunch).
Week 5 (August 10- August 14)
Topic: Population, Gender, and Family
Readings:
Raymo, J.M., Park, H., Xie, Y. and Yeung, W.J.J., 2015. “Marriage and Family in East Asia: Continuity and Change.” Annual Review of Sociology, 41, pp.471-492.
Peng, X., 2011. “China’s Demographic History and Future Challenges.” Science, 333(6042), pp.581-587.
Yu, Jia., and Yu Xie. 2022. “Is There a Chinese Pattern of the Second Demographic Transition?” China Population and Development Studies 6(3): 237-266.
Field Trip 2: Shanghai and Jiangyin
Week 6 (August 17- August 21)
Topic: Minority Nationalities and Religion
Readings:
Gladney, D.C., 2003. “Islam in China: Accommodation or Separatism?” The China Quarterly, 174, pp.451-467.
Lai, Q. and Mu, Z., 2016. “Universal, yet Local: The Religious Factor in Chinese Muslims’ Perception of World Developmental Hierarchy.” Chinese Journal of Sociology, 2(4), pp.524-546.
Wu, Xiaogang, and Gloria He. 2016. "Changing Ethnic Stratification in Contemporary China." Journal of Contemporary China 25(102): 938-954.
No field trip this week
Final Report is due on Friday, August 21, 2026.
Classroom Seminar
Out-of-town field trips
Language Training (three tracks)
Five Research Reports
Classroom Participation
The overall grade will be based on the following components:
Class participation: 25%
Research Reports: 75%.
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| 教学评估 |
谢宇：
学年度学期：17-18-3，课程班：当代中国社会1，课程推荐得分：5.0，教师推荐得分：5.0，课程得分分数段：80及以下；
学年度学期：18-19-3，课程班：当代中国社会1，课程推荐得分：0.0，教师推荐得分：8.75，课程得分分数段：95-100；
董浩：
学年度学期：18-19-3，课程班：当代中国社会1，课程推荐得分：0.0，教师推荐得分：7.5，课程得分分数段：95-100；
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