Social Quality in China

An Analysis of the Evaluation of Different Classes

in The International Journal of Social Quality
Author: Cui Yan 1 and Huang Yongliang 2
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  • 1 Chinese Academy of Social Sciences cuiyanshky@sina.com
  • 2 Chinese Academy of Social Sciences 171337435@qq.com
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.3167/IJSQ.2018.080104
Keywords:
cognition; social class group; social quality; social policy; societal development; stability
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Abstract

Since the end of the 1990s, when European scholars put forward the social quality theory, related research has been recently and increasingly carried out in China. At present, Chinese society has entered a new stage of development, and the main demands of the population have gradually changed. For theoretical and practical reasons, it is highly attractive to strengthen the research on the social quality of China in order to meet new public demands and expectations and to promote the improvement of social quality through the implementation of effective politics and policies. Based on empirical data, this article comprehensively analyzes the cognition of different layers of China’s population and the change of the four conditional factors of social quality on the overall development of society.

Contributor Notes

Cui Yan is Associate Professor and Associate Research Fellow of the Institute of Sociology at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. He specializes in social quality and social development. Email: cuiyanshky@sina

Huang Yongliang is a PhD student in the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, mainly specializing in social quality and social development. Email: 171337435@qq.com

The International Journal of Social Quality

(formerly The European Journal of Social Quality)

Cover The International Journal of Social Quality
Article Category:
Research Article
Page Count:
20
Keywords:
cognition; social class group; social quality; social policy; societal development; stability
Print Publication Date:
01 Jun 2018
Online Publication Date:
01 Jun 2018
Copyright:
© Berghahn Books 2018

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