Social Issues in China [electronic resource] : Gender, Ethnicity, Labor, and the Environment / edited by Zhidong Hao, Sheying Chen.

  Part I   Gender Relations in China -- 1: Introduction: Gender, Ethnicity, Labor, and the Environment as Social Issues and Public Policy Challenges -- 2. Rural Chinese Women's Political Participation: Problems and Prospects -- 3.Self-Assertive Mistresses and Corrupt Officials: The Complex  Interdependencies -- 4. Domestic Labor, Gendered Intergenerational Contract and Shared Elderly Care in Rural South China -- 5. The Growth and Dilemma of Women's NGOs in China -- Part II   Ethnic Relations in China -- 6.Language, Learning and Identity: Problematizing the Education for Tibetans --   7.   Interpreting the Ethnicization of Social Conflict in China: Ethnonationalism, Identity, and Social Justice -- 8. A Harmonious Society: National Policies and Ethnic Relations.-9. NGO Development in China's Ethnic Areas -- Part III Labor Relations in China.-10.Labor Contract, Trade Union Membership and Workplace Relations.-11.Labor Protection for Migrant Workers in China: A Perspective of Institutional Reform.-12.From Societization of Workers' Rights Defending to the Construction of Corporate Social Responsibility: The Experience of Yiwu City's General Trade Union.-13. The Role of Intellectuals in Contemporary China's Labor Movement: A Preliminary Exploration.-Part IV  The Environmental Movement -- 14.Environmental Problems in China: Issues and Prospects -- 15. The Struggle for Survival: A Case Study of an Environmental NGO in Zhejiang Province.-16.Public Participation in Environmental Protection in China: Three Case Analyses -- 17. Political Opportunity and the Anti-dam Movement in China: A Case Study of Nu River.-.