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社会 Pub Date : 2021-04-01 DOI: 10.1177/2057150X211007225

T. Lee, Xing E Luo

{"title":"Women’s perceived support of parents and parents-in-law in China: Socioeconomic resources, reciprocity, and family context","authors":"T. Lee, Xing E Luo","doi":"10.1177/2057150X211007225","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/2057150X211007225","url":null,"abstract":"Filial support has been recognized as a main source of social support for China’s aging population. While traditional Chinese families generally adhere to patrilineal, patriarchal, and patrilocal principles, there have been signs of an emerging trend of a complex, bilateral family system that has influenced the ways in which married women support elderly family members, both natal kin and in-laws, in contemporary China. However, little research exists focusing on the perspectives of married women in China on intergenerational support. Drawing on nationally representative data from the Chinese General Social Survey, this study investigates the patterns and determinants of women’s financial and instrumental support of their parents and parents-in-law in China. The main results show that, while education and income separately affect women’s support patterns, their husband’s income level is the crucial factor determining women’s financial support for parents and parents-in-law. In terms of instrumental support, norms of reciprocity are evident between women and parents/parents-in-law. Despite a positive association between financial support that women give to parents-in-law and that which they receive from parents-in-law, women’s financial support tends to be less frequent when their own parents have financially supported them. The implications of these findings for our understanding of intergenerational support mechanisms and for future research are discussed.","PeriodicalId":37302,"journal":{"name":"社会","volume":"7 1","pages":"171 - 193"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/2057150X211007225","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41739211","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Cohort dynamics in relation to gender attitudes in China 中国性别态度的队列动态

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社会 Pub Date : 2021-04-01 DOI: 10.1177/2057150X211002981

Mengsha Luo

{"title":"Cohort dynamics in relation to gender attitudes in China","authors":"Mengsha Luo","doi":"10.1177/2057150X211002981","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/2057150X211002981","url":null,"abstract":"China has undergone extensive changes since its transition from the socialist era to the reform era in 1978. It is said there was a revival of traditional gender ideologies in the reform era. Nonetheless, individuals’ socioeconomic status improved greatly, and according to cohort replacement theory and interest- and exposure-based theories, this should imply progress in gender attitudes. Drawing on nationwide repeated cross-sectional data from the 2010–2015 Chinese General Social Survey (N = 44,900), this study explores changes in gender attitudes in relation to cohort in China. Sex-stratified hierarchical age–period–cohort cross-classified random-effects models are used to (a) explore cohort differences in attitude for four gender norm dimensions (ability and work dimensions in the public sphere and division of labor and marriage dimensions in the private sphere), and across three cohort groups, that is, the “war baby” (born 1926–1948), the “pre-reform baby” (born 1949–1977), and the “reform baby” (born 1978–1995) groups, and (b) examine how cohort differences in relation to each attitude have been modified by socioeconomic status and demographic characteristics, and how men’s and women’s gender attitudes are influenced in different ways by these factors. The results reveal the uneven pace of development toward egalitarian gender ideologies in China, with respondents being more supportive of egalitarianism in the public sphere than in the private sphere. Although the movement toward greater gender egalitarianism in the public sphere started from the pre-reform baby cohort, the movement in the private sphere began to emerge only in the reform baby cohort. Additionally, the sex gap in gender attitudes widened and peaked in the reform baby cohort. Women’s attitudes were influenced to a greater extent by socioeconomic and demographic factors than men’s.","PeriodicalId":37302,"journal":{"name":"社会","volume":"7 1","pages":"194 - 216"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/2057150X211002981","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42644770","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 1

Returning life to society: Biography as a narrative of the whole 将生命回归社会：传记作为一种整体叙事

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社会 Pub Date : 2021-04-01 DOI: 10.1177/2057150X211009664

Bin Zhao

{"title":"Returning life to society: Biography as a narrative of the whole","authors":"Bin Zhao","doi":"10.1177/2057150X211009664","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/2057150X211009664","url":null,"abstract":"Biography is a unique form of narration in ethnography and historiography. This article attempts to position Lin Yueh-Hwa’s works within the context of sociological and anthropological debate since the 1920s. In doing so it explores the potential uses of the biographical method in the study of Chinese history and society. Although Lin was a bearer of the biographical tradition of Chinese literature and history, his works were also profoundly influenced by both the narrative method of life history in the United States and social-life studies in France. In addition to these two influential biographical traditions, anthropologists in Britain developed the genealogical approach to investigating sacred kingship. This study regards these three traditions of individual-life biography, social-life studies and genealogy as a “biographic triad”. Relevant works in contemporary Chinese sociology and anthropology are reviewed within this framework. It is conceivable that phenomenological description alone is insufficient when applying the biographical method. One must take into consideration Chinese centralized power and the overall social structure of China. Only by placing “life biography” against society’s ever-changing processes can one turn individual stories into powerful narratives depicting the whole structure of Chinese social life.","PeriodicalId":37302,"journal":{"name":"社会","volume":"7 1","pages":"217 - 251"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/2057150X211009664","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45628930","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Why do Chinese adolescent girls outperform boys in achievement tests? 为什么中国青春期女孩在成绩测试中表现优于男孩?

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社会 Pub Date : 2021-04-01 DOI: 10.1177/2057150X211006586

Xiaorong Gu, Wei-jun Jean Yeung

{"title":"Why do Chinese adolescent girls outperform boys in achievement tests?","authors":"Xiaorong Gu, Wei-jun Jean Yeung","doi":"10.1177/2057150X211006586","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/2057150X211006586","url":null,"abstract":"The current study extends our understanding of the widely documented gender educational gap in favor of females and its contributing factors through a mixed-methods analysis of the Chinese case. We develop an analytical framework that incorporates three mechanisms—intergenerational social contract, non-cognitive skills, and cumulative (dis)advantage across the life course—to empirically assess gendered achievement patterns and their social mechanisms among Chinese adolescents. The Chinese Family Panel Studies data documented that adolescent girls have higher verbal and math achievements than boys, with the gap larger in verbal than in math scores. Three factors account for these gender gaps: (1) (grand)parents hold higher expectations for girls, monitor girls more closely, and invest in girls as much as in boys; (2) girls possess better non-cognitive skills; and (3) girls’ stronger performance in earlier years gives them an edge for later achievement. The in-depth interviews contextualize these statistical patterns in profound changes in families’ logic in supporting girls’ education and in reconfigured gender discourses about girls’ learning behavior. From the perspective of intergenerational contracts, in the context of low fertility, daughters have become cherished as long-term family members at the receiving end of intensive investment, particularly as educational competition intensifies in post-reform China. Moreover, a gender discourse, engaged by family members and teachers, about girls’ superior non-cognitive skills such as compliance and self-discipline exerts a powerful influence as a self-fulfilling prophecy with regards to girls’ achievement. The findings underscore the need to account for both cultural and policy contexts, and nuanced gender work at home and in school in understanding the gender-gap reversal in contemporary China.","PeriodicalId":37302,"journal":{"name":"社会","volume":"7 1","pages":"109 - 137"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/2057150X211006586","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48381659","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 2

Coresidence with kin and subjective well-being in the transition to adulthood: A comparison of the United States, Germany, Japan and China 美国、德国、日本和中国成年人与亲属共同居住和主观幸福感的比较

IF 0.9 4区社会学

社会 Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.1177/2057150X20984864

B. Nauck, Q. Ren

{"title":"Coresidence with kin and subjective well-being in the transition to adulthood: A comparison of the United States, Germany, Japan and China","authors":"B. Nauck, Q. Ren","doi":"10.1177/2057150X20984864","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/2057150X20984864","url":null,"abstract":"Although residence patterns during the transition to adulthood are dynamic and have a high influence on subjective well-being, empirical studies are scarce, especially with regard to international comparisons. The way living arrangements during the transition to adulthood are normatively framed in bilinear, neolocal kinship cultures is very different from the way they are framed in patrilineal, patrilocal cultures. Thus, living arrangements such as living alone, living with parents and especially living with in-laws should correspond to varying levels of well-being depending on the culture. Based on panel data (National Longitudinal Survey of Youth – NLSY97, German Panel Analysis of Intimate Relationships and Family Dynamics, Japanese Life Course Panel Survey and China Family Panel Studies), we analyzed the levels of subjective well-being of young adults aged 20–35 in households of varying family composition across cultures and over time. Differences between patrilineal, patrilocal kinship systems in Japan and China and bilineal, neolocal kinship systems in Germany and the United States became evident in lower levels of subjective well-being of young adults in China and Japan than in Germany and the United States, when living alone or in single-parent families. Germany and the United States were similar in their strong gender differences in subjective well-being, with young women showing a much lower level than men, but differed with regard to the variation by coresidence type, which was higher in the United States than in Germany. Gender differences in Japan and China were related to living in extended households, which resulted in very low levels of subjective well-being for young women, whereas the impact was small in China. Despite the differences in kinship systems, institutional regulations, and opportunity structures, living in a nuclear family of procreation was associated with the highest level of subjective well-being for young men and women in all four countries.","PeriodicalId":37302,"journal":{"name":"社会","volume":"7 1","pages":"22 - 47"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/2057150X20984864","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44219072","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 4

Stability and change in strategic action fields: Municipal solid waste incineration in China, 1988–2020 战略行动领域的稳定与变化:1988-2020年中国城市生活垃圾焚烧

IF 0.9 4区社会学

社会 Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.1177/2057150X20980843

Xixi Zhang

{"title":"Stability and change in strategic action fields: Municipal solid waste incineration in China, 1988–2020","authors":"Xixi Zhang","doi":"10.1177/2057150X20980843","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/2057150X20980843","url":null,"abstract":"The theory of strategic action fields (SAFs) is a perspective from which to better understand the emergence, stability, and change of the meso-level social order. However, the transferability of this theoretical perspective requires additional empirical evidence. Therefore, this study regards municipal solid waste (MSW) incineration in China as a SAF, in which various forces vie for the dominant position around the construction and operation of incineration plants. Given that all fields are embedded in a shifting social and cultural context, I analyze the interactions and competitions between incumbents and challengers. I then examine a series of consecutive events in the SAF, such as the emergence of the waste crisis, the development of MSW incineration, and consequential episodes of contention. I also investigate other factors that may affect the prospects for stability and change of the SAF, including actions of the state, influences of other related fields, and large-scale crises. By tracing the developmental trajectory of the SAF of MSW incineration, I discuss the applicability of the theory of SAFs to understanding an underexplored field in China.","PeriodicalId":37302,"journal":{"name":"社会","volume":"7 1","pages":"48 - 73"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/2057150X20980843","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41464548","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 1

“One ruler measures to the end”: Rule hardening in grassroots governance – taking a pilot project in urban renewal as an example “一把尺子量到底”：基层治理强化规则——以城市更新试点为例

IF 0.9 4区社会学

社会 Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.1177/2057150X20987675

Yunqing Shi

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Deconstructing hyper-selectivity: Are the socioeconomic attainments of second-generation Asian Americans only due to their class background? 解构超选择性：第二代亚裔美国人的社会经济成就仅仅是因为他们的阶级背景吗？

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社会 Pub Date : 2020-12-07 DOI: 10.1177/2057150X20973802

A. Sakamoto, S. X. Wang

引用次数: 2

Mate selection among online daters in Shanghai: Why does education matter? 上海网恋者择偶:学历为何重要?

IF 0.9 4区社会学

社会 Pub Date : 2020-10-01 Epub Date: 2020-09-21 DOI: 10.1177/2057150X20957422

Siqi Xiao, Yue Qian

{"title":"Mate selection among online daters in Shanghai: Why does education matter?","authors":"Siqi Xiao, Yue Qian","doi":"10.1177/2057150X20957422","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/2057150X20957422","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Prior studies of assortative mating have shown that people tend to marry someone of the same educational level, but why individuals value a mate's education and the process of mate selection itself remain a black box in predominantly quantitative studies. With online dating's growing popularity, research needs to examine how online daters navigate dating markets given educational preferences they hold and \"freedom of choice\" offered by technologies. This study aims to investigate individuals' educational preferences and how educational preferences shape mate selection processes in online dating. In-depth interviews were conducted with 29 university-educated, heterosexual online daters (13 men, 16 women) in Shanghai. Data were analyzed through a combination of abductive and inductive coding strategies. Results showed that both educational levels and university prestige were primary mate selection criteria in online dating. Both genders considered educational sorting essential for achieving cultural matching, but only men emphasized the importance of spouse's education for their future children's education. Furthermore, guided by their educational preferences, online daters deliberately chose dating platforms and screened dating candidates. We argue that online daters' emphasis on university prestige is rooted in China's hierarchical higher education system, and gendered rationales for educational preferences stem from ingrained gender roles in Chinese families. Seemingly \"personal\" preferences are therefore shaped by cultural norms and institutional contexts. Moreover, results suggest that online dating may reinforce social closure among China's educational elites.</p>","PeriodicalId":37302,"journal":{"name":"社会","volume":"6 4","pages":"521-546"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2020-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/2057150X20957422","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38642799","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 6

Princess Wencheng in historical writing: The difficulty in narrating ethnic history in multi-ethnic China 历史写作中的文成公主：多民族中国民族历史叙述的难点

IF 0.9 4区社会学

社会 Pub Date : 2020-10-01 DOI: 10.1177/2057150X20963264

Juan Wang, Damzhin Cedain

{"title":"Princess Wencheng in historical writing: The difficulty in narrating ethnic history in multi-ethnic China","authors":"Juan Wang, Damzhin Cedain","doi":"10.1177/2057150X20963264","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/2057150X20963264","url":null,"abstract":"For a multi-ethnic political entity, whether it is an empire or a nation-state, the key to survival is an inclusive order under which multiple ethnic groups with different heritages coexist peacefully. Historical writing on ethnic groups and interactions among them is an important part of this order. To demonstrate this point, this paper offers an examination of three different historical narratives of Princess Wencheng, the heroine of a “peace-making marriage” of the Tang Empire (AD 618–907), who married Songtsen Gampo, the king of Tubo (the ancient name of Tibet). In the first narrative, which is from Chinese classical literature, Princess Wencheng was treated as an insignificant figure and the text paid much more attention to the ceremony of the “peace-making marriage” than to the princess’s individual traits. In the second narrative, which is from Tibetan ancient literature, the princess was portrayed as the incarnation of “Green Tara”, a tantric deity in Tibetan Buddhism, and supposedly possessed goddess qualities and magical powers. This striking difference reflects the different views about the world and its ideal order of the two ancient civilizations. The third narrative, which was shaped by the nationalist discourse during the first part of the 20th century, depicted a new image of Princess Wencheng, gradually transforming her into a “transmitter of technology.” This paper offers a detailed analysis of this evolution and, furthermore, a critical comment on the historical writing done under the guidance of the so-called “progressive view of history”. Our conclusion provides a theoretical discussion of the structural dilemma for modern China as a multi-ethnic nation-state.","PeriodicalId":37302,"journal":{"name":"社会","volume":"6 1","pages":"615 - 645"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2020-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/2057150X20963264","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48967974","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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