social connections in china： institutions, culture, and the changing nature of guanxi

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1、ThispageintentionallyleftblankSocialConnectionsinChinaGuanxi,looselytranslatedassocialconnectionsorsocialnetworks,isamongthemostimportant,talkedabout,andstudiedphenomenainChinatoday.GuanxiliesattheheartofChinassocialorder,itseconomicstructure,anditschanginginstitutionallandscape.It

2、isconsideredimportantinalmosteveryrealmoflife,frompoliticstobusiness,andfromofficialdomtostreetlife.SocialConnectionsinChinaoffersthelatestscholarlythinkingonthesubjectbyleadingChinasociologistswhoseworkonguanxihasbeeninfluential,andbynewscholarsofferingthemostcurrentinsightsonthetop

3、ic.Theauthorspresentahistoryandtaxonomyofguanxiasithasevolvedinscholarlyandbusinesscommunitiesandoffernewtheoreticalandmethodologicalassessmentsofthisimportantphenomenon.Theirfindingsaddressfundamentalquestionssurroundingthecurrentdebateabouttheroleandoriginsofguanxi:Whatformsdoesgu

4、anxitaketoday?HowisitshapingandchangingChinaseconomyandeconomicreforms,businessdeals,andlegalsystem?IsguanxiafundamentallyChinesephenomenoninformandfunction?Orisitsimplyanotherwordforthepersonalnetworks,socialcapital,andgifteconomiesthatcanbefoundinothersocieties?Drawingfromanumber

5、ofgroundbreakingstudiesofcontemporaryChina(fromtheperspectivesofsociology,politicalscience,andeconomics),thechaptersexaminetheroleofguanxiinbusinessdecisionsamongmanagersandentre-preneurs,thedecisionsandpracticesofworkers,theconstructionofnewlegalinstitutions,andthenewsocialorder.S

6、cholarsandstudentsofChinawillfindthisnotonlyarichsourceofdetailedinformationontheworkingsofChinesesocialrelationships,butalsoavaluable,newinterpretationofthemeaningandplaceofguanxitoday.ThomasGoldisamemberoftheSociologyDepartmentoftheUniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley;ExecutiveDirector

7、oftheInter-UniversityProgramforChineseLanguageStudies;andformerChairofBerkeleysCenterforChineseStudies(19904and1998).HeistheauthorofStateandSocietyintheTaiwanMiracle(1986)andtheforthcomingCambridgebookRemakingTaiwan:SocietyandtheStatesincetheEndofMartialLaw.DougGuthrieisAssociatePr

8、ofessorofSociologyatNewYor