ABSTRACT
This Handbook approaches Chinese Studies from an interdisciplinary perspective while attempting to establish a fundamental set of core values and tenets for the subject, in relation to the further development of Chinese Studies as an academic discipline. It aims to consolidate the current findings in Chinese Studies, extract the essence from each affiliated discipline, formulate a concrete set of ideas to represent the ‘Chineseness’ of the subject, establish a clear identity for the discipline and provide clear guidelines for further research and practice.
Topics included in this Handbook cover a wide spectrum of traditional and newly added concerns in Chinese Studies, ranging from the Chinese political system and domestic governance to international relations, Chinese culture, literature and history, Chinese sociology (gender, middle class, nationalism, home ownership, dating) and Chinese opposition and activism. The Handbook also looks at widening the scope of Chinese Studies (Chinese psychology, postcolonialism and China, Chinese science and climate change), and some illustrations of innovative Chinese Studies research methods.
The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Studies is an essential reference for researchers and scholars in Chinese Studies, as well as students in the discipline.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|104 pages
China's global interests and foreign policy
chapter 1|15 pages
Great chaos under heaven
chapter 6|15 pages
China's Central Asia policy
part II|108 pages
China's political system and governance
chapter 10|17 pages
Managing public opinion in crisis
chapter 14|14 pages
A place-specific approach to environmental governance in China
part III|114 pages
Chinese culture and history
chapter 15|13 pages
Martial legacies
chapter 16|16 pages
History of international law and China
chapter 21|16 pages
The advocacy of cultural change through translation
part IV|130 pages
Chinese people and society
chapter 30|15 pages
Dating and mate selection in contemporary China
chapter 31|16 pages
Reconstruction of gender and youth identities
part V|86 pages
Oppression and opposition
chapter 34|12 pages
The Chinese Communist Party's control of online public opinion
chapter 35|13 pages
In the name of stability
part VI|106 pages
Chinese studies: Scope and methodology