Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Chinese Social Stratification before 1949 Chapter 3 Chinese Social Stratification and the Cadre System 1949-1959 Chapter 4 Chinese Social Stratification and the Cadre System 1959-1979 Chapter 5 Chinese Social Stratification and the Cadre System 1979-1993 Chapter 6 Chinese Social Stratification and the Civil Service System after 1993 Chapter 7 Understanding Chinese Social Stratification: The National University Entrance Examination, the Household Registration System, and the Work Unit Chapter 8 Summary: Chinese Social Stratification after 1949
Li Yi is the author of two books and a dozen journal articles on Chinese society and culture. He received his M.A. in Sociology from the University of Missouri—Columbia, and his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Before coming to the United States in 1994, Dr. Li was an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Northwestern School of Law in China.
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