The Chinese Triangle of Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong: Comparative Institutional Analyses, Vol. 133

Book Description
The Chinese triangle of mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan constitutes one of the most dynamic regions in the world economy. Since the late 1970s, these three societies have experienced increasing economic integration; however, studies aimed at analyzing and explaining this integration have often overlooked the very important role social institutions have played in the shaping of this process. To fill this gap, this book adopts a systematic institutional approach designed to examine the different patterns of institutions in the three countries and to discuss how such social institutions as the economy, gender, social networks, and the Chinese diaspora have exerted a profound impact on all three societies.

About the Author
ALVIN Y. SO is Professor and Head of the Division of Social Science at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. NAN LIN is Professor of Sociology at Duke University. DUDLEY POSTON is Samuel Rhea Gammon Professor of Liberal Arts at Texas A & M University.


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A selection of 16 papers from an August 1997 conference of the North American Chinese Sociologists Association in Toronto explore the three Chinas from the perspectives of economic institutions, gender, social networks, and the Chinese diaspora. They argue that the integration of the three, especially economic integration, has accelerated since the late 1970s, but most comparative studies have focused on short- term episodes rather than the fundamental, long-term institutional transformation. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)


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