The Sociology Department at CASS was established in 1982. By October 2012, 138 doctoral students and 78 Masters’ students (included 1 foreigner) have been trained. The chairpersons have served are as following: the first chairperson was Wu Chengyi; second chairperson  He Jianzhang, deputy chairperson Shen Dade; the third chairperson Yang Yabi......

Author: Li Peilin, Zhang YiAbstract: Since China took the new policy of reform and opening up, an important policy the government has taken is to change the traditional strategy that gives priority to production instead of to improvement of people's living standard and that emphasizes accumulation instead of consumption．During the 20 years since t......

Author: Shi XiuyinSource: China -- India Conference, 2006Full text...

Abstract:  This book was written before WWII by a Professor of Social Anthropology at Yenching University in China; he returned home to his native village in the province of Fukien in southern China and was surprised by the difference in development of two households that he had known since his childhood. 25 years previously the two families h......

 BRIEF INTRODUCTION: The First Part Research ReportCHANPTER ONE Report from Influent AreaCHAPTER TWO Report from Effluent AreaCHAPTER THREE Sex Problem in Labor Flow of Rural Area The Second Part Individual InterviewCHAPTER FOUR Influent Area: Interview in GuangdongCHAPTER FIVE Influent Area: Interview in BeijingCHAPTER SIX Effluent ......

CatalogOverview and BackgroundOverview of Two-Child Fertility Policy Area Studies　　.......................................... Gu Baochang and Liu Hongyan／3 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Study ReportsJiuquan Prefecture, Gansu ProvinceTwo-Child Policy in Rural Areas of Jiuquan Prefecture ... Song Jian et al.／15Comment on the Study Report......

Catalog: Introduction ............................................................. ／ 1 　　 1.Raising an issue of urban community conflict in northeast .......... ／ 1 　　 2.Object of study of the selected topic: 24 urban communities 　　　 in northeast ....................................................... ／ 11 　　 3.Research method of the s......

Abstract: This is the 2012 Annual Report (the Blue Book of China’s Society) from the Research Group on “The Analysis and Forecast of China’s Social Development”, issued by Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS). Researchers and scholars from various research institutions, universities and government departments report on statistical data rel......

CRESS was established in 2007 as a Centre in the Institute of Sociology with funding from the Ford Foundation. CRESS aims to protect the interests of vulnerable rural residents through site-based projects and policy recommendations. CRESS have not only full-time scholars in the field of sociology and environmental sciences, but also senior research......

The Section is recently established. At present, its research team is composed of four members with PhDs, among them, one senior research fellow, two associate research fellows, and one assistant research fellow.
The research focuses of this section includes:
(1) On the basis of comparative studies of social development theories from oversea and Ch......