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Paradigm Shifts in Chinese Studies

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This book is a study of the change and continuity in paradigms in China studies, both inside and outside of China. In the last few years, the United States and China appeared to be moving in the direction of “de-coupling,” indicating that the engagement policy with China in the last four decade is ending.  The “modernization theory” that is the theoretical foundation of the engagement policy has proved to be insufficient.  This situation calls for a reexamination of the field of China studies. Historically, scholarly paradigms shifts often went hand in hand with drastic social change.  As we have entered an era of great uncertainty, it is constructive to reflect on the paradigms in China studies in the past and explore the possibility of new paradigms in the future.  How are the shifts of major theories, methods and paradigms in China studies in the west related to social change?  How did some of China’s paradigms impact on the country’s socialchange and developments? This book will appeal to a wide readership, including scholars and graduate students, upper division undergraduate students of China studies, Asian studies. 

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ISBN: 9789811680342
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Author: Shiping Hua
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Springer Verlag, Singapore
Format: Paperback
Pagination: 309 pages
Genres: Asian history
Politics and government
Sociology