Essays about: "social change in contemporary China"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the words social change in contemporary China.

1. 1. “When you see me, weep” : The archaeology of the hunger stones of Europe.

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Arkeologi

   Author : Ivan Odbratt; [2023]
   Keywords : Hunger stones; Climate change; Memory; Archaeology;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates the phenomenon of hunger stones and their resurgence due to climate change-induced droughts, shedding light on their evolving societal significance. The initial focus lies on understanding the origins of the term and exploring how humanity has historically adapted to and remembered climatic transformations. READ MORE

3. 2. Making her feel like a fairy : a study of young women engaging with selfie applications in China

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

   Author : Yilin Yang; [2022]
   Keywords : selfie; media engagement; self-representation; the gaze; human body; audience research; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : It’s not unusual for young people these days to take and edit a selfie. With the rise of consumerist culture and the popularity of mobile Internet, nowadays selfie applications, including beauty cameras and photo-beautification applications, have become the most well-accepted products/brands among Chinese women, who have grown accustomed to showing only one exquisitely edited face in digital photos without any dirt or blemishes. READ MORE

4. 3. Coupling With the Digital Society: the Conceptualization of GDPR and PIPL of the Digital Society as Autopoiesis Systems

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

   Author : Jieying Ye; [2022]
   Keywords : GDPR; PIPL; personal data protection; autopoiesis systems theory; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : As information technology develops in the past decade, the digital society has affected every aspect of the social structure. The legal system faces the challenge in implementing the legal norms, yet the evolved architecture of technology in the digital society makes it difficult for the law to perform its function. READ MORE

5. 4. Deng Xiaoping’s Meta-Discursive Ideology for economic development in the Reform Period and the Departure from Mao Zedong Thought

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Sara Bellamqaddam; [2022]
   Keywords : Deng Xiaoping; the rise of China; institutional change; Chinese characteristics; Mao Zedong Thought; economic development; Chinese Communist Party.; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The rise of China and 1978-market reforms contrasts other post-socialist economies process of institutional and economic change. President Deng Xiaoping announced China’s continued commitment to socialism, yet his leadership is by some viewed to be the most radical social and economic transformation in contemporary Chinese history. READ MORE

6. 5. Urban Redevelopment in Shenzhen, China : Neoliberal Urbanism, Gentrification, and Everyday Life in Baishizhou Urban Village

   University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

   Author : Johan Backholm; [2019]
   Keywords : Urban Redevelopment; Neoliberal Urbanism; Gentrification; Urban Village; China;

   Abstract : Urban redevelopment is increasingly used as a policy tool for economic growth by local governments in Chinese cities, which is taking place amid rapid urbanization and in an expanding globalized economy. Along with the spatial transformation, urban redevelopment often entails socioeconomic change in the form of processes of gentrification, which is propelled by the dominance of neoliberal market-oriented policy and practice in the country. READ MORE