Lineage networks, land conflicts and rural migration in late socialist China by Liangqun, L, Murphy, R

“…This article draws on original fieldwork to consider how the place-claiming activities of revived traditional social networks underpinned this household relocation. …”

The paradox of the state-run media promoting poor governance in China: case studies of a Party newspaper and an anticorruption film by Murphy, R

“…This essay draws on the analysis of media texts and ethnographic fieldwork to present case studies of the production, distribution, and consumption of two kinds of media products in China that are used for educating cadres about official policies, law and morality, namely, a Party-produced prefectural newspaper and an anticorruption film. …”

We can only change ourselves: psychology and mental health in China by Bram, B

“…This thesis is based on 14 months of ethnographic fieldwork conducted 2018/19 with psychological counsellors, their clients, psychology hobbyists 心理爱好者 and their wider social milieu, in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province. …”

The making of labour precariousness in post-1949 China by Feng, X

“…</p> <p>By applying this framework to the analyses of data mainly collected from archives and fieldwork, this thesis has the following findings. …”

Persisting or dropping out: a grounded theory of school-to-work transitions of young migrants in China by Lohove, L

“…It draws on intensive interviews with young migrants (n = 35) and their parents (n = 15) conducted during 11 months of fieldwork in an outskirt district of Shanghai. The scope of this thesis covers school-to-work transitions of young people, particularly those in restrictive institutional and social contexts.…”