Dear BACS Members,
This is a reminder call for interested parties to submit proposals
for "China in an Era of Transition: Understanding Contemporary State and
Society Relationships". The deadline is 29 May 2007. Please see the
following announcement for details.
Regards,
Jennifer Hsu
University of Cambridge
Email: [log in to unmask]
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Call for Contributors (Deadline 29 May 2007)
Title: China in an Era of Transition: Understanding Contemporary State and
Society Relationships
Edited by Reza Hasmath and Jennifer Hsu, University of Cambridge
Timed with an organized panel at the International Convention of Asian
Scholars (Kuala Lumpur), this edited collection will focus on China's state
society relationship in an era of social transition. The overall aim will
be to understand how state-society relationship has evolved since China
implemented its economic liberalization policies in 1978; and what shape
this relationship is at present and potentially in the future.
Contributors are invited, but not limited, to explore the following themes:
- Development of Chinese Civil Society (incl. Community Associations, NGOs,
GONGOs)
- State Power and Social Forces - Chinese Public Sphere
- Society's Relationship with Various Levels of Government, eg. Central,
Provincial, Municipal, etc.
- Responses from Various Sectors of Society to the Changing Nature of the
State
- Strategies or Policies Communities and the State have Developed for
Engagement
Research employing either quantitative or qualitative methods are
welcomed.
To contribute to the collection, please send an abstract of no more
than 500 words and a short professional brief by 29 May 2007 (Tuesday) to:
Reza Hasmath [log in to unmask]
Jennifer Hsu [log in to unmask]
All accepted contributions (7,000 words) will have to be completed by 1
November 2007 and will follow a stringent peer review process thereafter;
with a view for publication in Spring 2008. We have been in discussion with
a number of leading publishers in the field.
For further information on any of the particulars, please contact the
editors.
Reza Hasmath
Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Cambridge
Department of Geography, York University (Canada)
Jennifer Hsu
Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge
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