Xiangqun Chang.htm

XiangqunChang

Position	Research Fellow & Coordinator, China in Comparative Perspective Network (CCPN), LSE
Research Interests	Contemporary China studies & advanced studies on China; reciprocity & social networks; personal, institutional & social relationships; social support & welfare; social creativity; local identity, culture, autonomy & governance; global civil society & governance; migrants & immigrants; women and gender studies; fieldwork methodology; Marxist sociology.
Personal details	BA in political science, MA in sociology and PhD in social anthropology CV; Biographical Note; Biographical Note (in Chinese) 常向群简介(中文)
Contact details	Tel: +44(0)20 8099 4815; Fax:+44(0)20 3051 1503; Mobile:+44(0)7910 716 068; Email: x.chang@lse.ac.uk Websites: www.lse.ac.uk/ccpn ; http://personal.lse.ac.uk/changx/

New books (forthcoming!)

English version: Guanxi vs Li shang wanglai ? --- Reciprocity, Social Support Networks, & Social Creativity in a Chinese Village, Liaoning People's Publishing House, 2009. It's Chinese Version has been selected in the 'Rural China Studies' Series, edited by Haoxing Liu (the series had been granted as the Major Publishing Project of the State's the 'Eleventh Five-Year' Plan for Important Publications).
                              Abstract           Preface           Comments from scholars           Contents
Chinese version (中文版):《关系vs礼尚往来? - 江村互惠、社会支持网和社会创造的研究》, 常向群著, 毛明华译, 选入刘豪兴主编,'中国乡村考察报告'丛书(国家'十一五'重点图书出版规划重大出版工程项目), 上海人民出版社2009年版.    内容提要      序言     专家评价     目录

2009-12 Comparative Studies on the New Migrants from BRIC counties in America, Australia, Japan and the UK', in collaboration with Nihon Fukushi University, funded by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
2009-11 Chinese governance models in the transitional period, in collaboration with Northeastern University, funded by the Ministry of Education of China.
2008-09 Chinese entrepreneur relationships and global economics, UK-China Fellowship for Excellence, funded by the DIUS.
2007-09 Value orientation in entrepreneurs and local officials, and its role in the interactions which affect small firm growth in the Yangtze River Delta, China, LSE Asia Strategy fund.
2006-08 Social-cultural factors, ethnic minority entrepreneurial orientation and firm growth: a comparative study of Turkish and Chinese small firms in the UK, Led by Drs. Levent Altinay and Catherine Wang, funded by the ESRC.
2005-07 Globalization and villagers' autonomy in China, funded by British Academy.
2005-06 A documentary study on 'Great Leap Famine' under the project of Transmission and Recognition of Grievous Loss, Led by Stephan Feuchtwang, funded by the ESRC.