Configurations of the Real in Chinese Literary and Aesthetic Modernity
Peter Button
• ISBN 978 90 04 17095 7
• List price EUR 114.- / US$ 169.-
• Ideas, History, and Modern China, 1

The emergence of the Chinese socialist realist novel can best be understood in light of the half-century long formation of the modern concept of literature in China. Globalized in the wake of modern capitalism, literary modernity configures the literary text in a relationship to both modern philosophy and literary theory. This book traces China’s unique, complex, and creative articulation of literary modernity beginning with Lu Xun’s "The True Story of Ah Q." Cai Yi’s aesthetic theory of the type (dianxing)  and the image (xingxiang) is then explored in relation to global currents in literary thought and philosophy, making possible a fundamental rethinking of Chinese socialist realist novels like Yang Mo’s Song of Youth and Luo Guangbin and Yan Yiyan’s Red Crag.


The China Economy Yearbook, Volume 2
Analysis and Forecast of China’s Economy
Chief Editor: CHEN Jiagui; Deputy Chief Editors: LIU Shucheng, WANG Tongsan
• ISBN 978 90 04 16802 2
• List price EUR 99.- / US$ 148.-
• The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Yearbooks, The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Yearbooks: Economy, 2

This second English volume of the China Economy Yearbook provides an in-depth analysis of China’s economy during the initial year of China’s 11th 5-Year Plan, which placed new emphasis on following a scientific approach to development and creating a more harmonious society.  Written by leading economic researchers from China’s leading economic research institutions, the articles in the yearbook examine key aspects of China’s economic performance, including macroeconomic adjustment, inflation control, the financial system, public finance, foreign trade, agriculture, industry, and real estate. They provide a detailed description of China’s economy during the year and valuable insights into the reasons for China’s successes and failures in addressing emerging challenges facing the Chinese economy.


The China Society Yearbook, Volume 2
Analysis and Forecast of China’s Social Development
Chief Editors: RU Xin, LU Xueyi, LI Peilin; Deputy Chief Editors: CHEN Guangjin, LI Wei, XU Xinxin
• ISBN 978 90 04 16801 5
• List price EUR 99.- / US$ 148.-
• The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Yearbooks, The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Yearbooks: Society, 2

The 2007 volume of The China Society Yearbook, the second volume in the annual China Society Blue Book series to be translated into English, contains important facts and analysis from Chinese scholars on a wide array of issues in China. With over 1.3 billion people and continuous economic growth, Chinese society is experiencing changes on an unprecedented scale. Issues explored in this volume include the progress and goals of the Eleventh Five-Year Plan, China’s rural-to-urban migration, changes in the labor force, labor relations, and consumption habits, assessments of health care and education, analysis of China’s demographic changes, and reports on China’s security, social psychology, and living standards. Along with analysis, this volume offers recommendations and insight into the daunting issues and opportunities facing China as it moves towards a free-market system.


The China Legal Development Yearbook, Volume 2
Chief Editor: LI Lin
• ISBN 978 90 04 17303 3
• List price EUR 99.- / US$ 148.-
• The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Yearbooks, The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Yearbooks:
Legal Development, 2

This is the second in a series of annual reports written by leading Chinese law and legal policy scholars and judges,  edited by the Institute of Law at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. The Yearbook contains reports on law reform priorities, major legal policy debates and an account of legislation proposed and passed in 2006. This Yearbook features reports on those legal reforms seeking to strengthen the rule of law and to make the administration of justice more "people-oriented". It contains articles and reports on reforms made to improve the standard of judicial justice, reforms to the criminal justice system, as well as evaluations of the functioning of systems of administrative litigation, review and state compensation. Chapters also address human rights issues and analyse current problems relating to dispute resolution. This Yearbook provides a valuable insight into contemporary debates in China about the substance, direction and priorities of legal reform.


Chinese and Indian Business
Historical Antecedents
Edited by Medha Kudaisya and Ng Chin-keong
• ISBN 978 90 04 17279 1
• List price EUR 79.- / US$ 126.-
• Social Sciences in Asia, 24

In recent years the phenomenonal rise of the economies of China and India has led to a proliferation of academic studies. Much of the focus has been on economic performance, development strategies and the comparative advantage of the two economies. A comparative study of business as an agent of change has been lacking. This volume brings together articles by leading scholars in the field of Chinese and Indian business who offer fresh perspectives on the historical antecedents of business in the two economies.


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Linguistic Bibliography Online (limited site license)
Edited by Sijmen Tol and Hella Olbertz
• Linguistic Bibliography, Linguistic Bibliography Online

The Linguistic Bibliography Online (LB Online) provides nearly 250.000 bibliographical references to scholarly publications in linguistics. It covers all branches of linguistics, both theoretical and descriptive, from all geographical areas. The emphasis is on non-Indo-European languages and lesser known Indo-European languages, including endangered and extinct languages. It is by far the most comprehensive bibliography in the field.

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