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Australian National University
2022 Semester 2

SOCY2023  Contemporary Chinese Society: Inequality and Social Stratification


Syllabus (Updated in Oct, 2022)
Week 1   –   Introduction to the course; China’s modern history in a nutshell 
Week 2   –   Family, Marriage, and Kinship 

Week 3   –   Household Registration System, Internal Migration, and Rural-Urban Inequality 
Week 4   –   Education System and Educational Inequality 
Week 5   –   Socialist and Post-Socialist Economic Transitions 
Week 6   –  Class and Social Stratification 
Week 7    –  Mid-Semester Break 
Week 8    –  Mid-Semester Break 
Week 9   –  Income and Wealth Inequality 
Week 10 – Gender Inequality 
Week 11 – Population Issues I: Family Planning Policies and Sex Ratio Imbalance 
Week 12 – Population Issues II: Fertility Decline, Population Aging, and Beyond 

Week 13 – Social Norms and Public Opinion 
Week 14 – Understanding Contemporary Chinese Society from Historical and International Comparative Perspectives 
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