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Chinese Capitalisms
Series: - Social Transformations in Chinese Societies, Volume: 3
The annual is a venue of publication for sociological studies of Chinese societies and the Chinese all over the world. The main focus is on social transformations in Hong Kong, Taiwan, the mainland, Singapore and Chinese overseas.
Chan Kwok-bun is Chair Professor and Head of the Department of Sociology, and Director of the David C. Lam Institute for East-West Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University. His current research interests are in migration, transnationalism, cosmopolitanism, and diasporas; ethnic identities and ethnicities; business networks and ethnic capitalism; medical sociology; and family and marriage. (ckb@hkbu.edu.hk)
Cheung Tak-sing is Professor at the Department of Sociology of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. His current research interests are Confucianism, modernity and Chinese social thought. (takscheung@cuhk.edu.hk)
Agnes Ku Shuk-mei is Associate Professor of Social Science at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Her research interests include cultural sociology, civil society, citizenship, Hong Kong studies, gender issues and disability issues. (soagnes@ust.hk)
Cheung Tak-sing is Professor at the Department of Sociology of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. His current research interests are Confucianism, modernity and Chinese social thought. (takscheung@cuhk.edu.hk)
Agnes Ku Shuk-mei is Associate Professor of Social Science at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Her research interests include cultural sociology, civil society, citizenship, Hong Kong studies, gender issues and disability issues. (soagnes@ust.hk)
From the Editor
Authors’ Biographies
SPECIAL FOCUS: CHINESE CAPITALISMS
Guest Editor: Chu Yin-wah
Introduction: From Destitute to Xiao Kang (Well-Being), Maybe Da Guo (Great Nation): Explorations of Chinese Capitalisms and Capitalist Actions - Chu Yin-wah
Emerging Chinese Capitalism and its Theoretical and Global Significance - Nan Lin
The “Spirit” of Capitalism in China: Contemporary Meanings of Weber’s Thought - Ku Chung-hwa
Taiwan’s Industrialization: The Rise of a Demand-Responsive Economy - Gary G. Hamilton and Kao Cheng-shu
Tai-Shang: A Different Kind of Ethnic Chinese Business in Southeast Asia - Michael Hsiao Hsin-Huang, Kung I-Chung and Wang Hong-zen
Entrepreneurship and Risk: The Becoming of the Koo Business Dynasty - Ho Tsai-man C. and Sun Wenbin
Articles
Family Resources and Educational Stratification: The Case of Hong Kong, 1981-2001 - Wu Xiaogang
The Transnational Linkages of Chinese in Toronto - Eric Fong, Cao Xingshan, and Chen Wenhong
Rediscovering Chinese Society in the Socialist Era: Using the Past to Serve the Present - Jonathan Unger
Book Reviews
Authors’ Biographies
SPECIAL FOCUS: CHINESE CAPITALISMS
Guest Editor: Chu Yin-wah
Introduction: From Destitute to Xiao Kang (Well-Being), Maybe Da Guo (Great Nation): Explorations of Chinese Capitalisms and Capitalist Actions - Chu Yin-wah
Emerging Chinese Capitalism and its Theoretical and Global Significance - Nan Lin
The “Spirit” of Capitalism in China: Contemporary Meanings of Weber’s Thought - Ku Chung-hwa
Taiwan’s Industrialization: The Rise of a Demand-Responsive Economy - Gary G. Hamilton and Kao Cheng-shu
Tai-Shang: A Different Kind of Ethnic Chinese Business in Southeast Asia - Michael Hsiao Hsin-Huang, Kung I-Chung and Wang Hong-zen
Entrepreneurship and Risk: The Becoming of the Koo Business Dynasty - Ho Tsai-man C. and Sun Wenbin
Articles
Family Resources and Educational Stratification: The Case of Hong Kong, 1981-2001 - Wu Xiaogang
The Transnational Linkages of Chinese in Toronto - Eric Fong, Cao Xingshan, and Chen Wenhong
Rediscovering Chinese Society in the Socialist Era: Using the Past to Serve the Present - Jonathan Unger
Book Reviews