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Inequality and stratification in China
China quarterly • (64) • Published In 1975 • Pages: 684-711
By: Whyte, Martin King.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study is based on Chinese research and government reports and interviews conducted with recent arrivals to Hong Kong from the Chinese mainland. The author examines the extent to which the Communist government rectified social inequality, maintained equity, and discouraged new class formation in post-Revolutionary China. A principal means of achieving equity involved a strict regulation of wages, incomes and work points across the country. Another means was the sending of youth and cadres down to the countryside for educational purposes, which, in many cases, turned into permanent relocation. The author found that urban areas had higher incomes and greater social mobility than rural areas.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Cultural goals
- Urban and rural life
- Occupational specialization
- Wages and salaries
- Status, role, and prestige
- Classes
- Political movements
- Ethnosociology
- Education system
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Han Chinese
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- East Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Sociologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard; 2021
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1968-69, 1973-74
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1949-1973
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- People's Republic of China
- NotesAdditional notes
- Martin King Whyte
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 62000248
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- China--Social life and customs