Björn Alpermann
Biographic Data
| ID | 1372443 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Björn Alpermann |
| GIVEN NAMES | Björn |
| FAMILY NAME | Alpermann |
| SIGNATURE | ALPERMANN B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Würzburg |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2493-3011 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 73 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 21 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Social Categorisations in China's Era of Aging
Chinese population policy has long been shown to be a highly productive site for generating new social categories to enable governance. The article employs the sociology of knowledge approach to discourse and focuses on two recently much-debated categories: “families who lost their only child” ( shidu jiating ) and “empty-nest elderly” ( kongchao laoren ). Here, population policies intersect with larger social trends and new family situations. I …
In Other News
In the Western world China stands accused of severe human rights violations regarding its treatment of the Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim minorities in its northwestern Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. This is the first article to systematically analyze the response of China’s international state media to these allegations. By studying the YouTube channels of two leading Chinese state media, China Global Television Network (CGTN) and Ne…
Ethics in Social Science Research on China
esearch ethics is an underdiscussed topic in Chinese studies that has only recently attracted more attention due to increasing geopolitical tensions and the concomitant anxieties about China's shifting global role.In this essay, I aim to reflect on often-overlooked aspects of research ethics in the study of contemporary China and consider the implications for the field going forward.My comments proceed in three steps, discussing professional, per…
The War on the Uyghurs
The War on the Uyghurs: China’s Internal Campaign against a Muslim Minority." Politics, Religion & Ideology, 23(2), pp. 243–244
China’s Rural–Urban Transformation
China’s urbanisation drive has been unprecedented in scale. It has also produced some paradoxical outcomes and led to multiple interconnections between the rural and the urban spheres. These interconnections are the central focus of this special issue. Thus, preference is given to the term “rural–urban transformation” instead of simply “urbanisation.” The main argument advanced here is that we always need to consider the rural aspects and repercu…
Studying the Chinese Policy Process in the Era of ‘Top-Level Design
Aspekte des sozialen Wandels in China
Population Planning after the One-Child Policy
Since late 2013, one of China’s most controversial policies—the one-child policy—has been gradually phased out, culminating in the reorganization of the National Health and Family Planning Commission in early 2018, which saw it drop the family planning part from its name. Has China forgone population intervention and started to pursue a liberal population policy? This article demonstrates that the Chinese political leadership is still determined …
Fukuyama and the Chinese middle class
Francis Fukuyama's recent works have rekindled interest in the larger questions of political development and have been discussed widely, including in China. This essay argues, first, that his theoretical perspective is squarely rooted in the classical modernization paradigm which is inherently teleological, but it develops its tenets and adds new insights to this body of theory. This qualifies Fukuyama's theoretical perspective as 'Modernization …
Jie Chen, A Middle Class Without Democracy
Children and youth NGOs in China
The proliferation of civic groups has been one of the most intriguing features of China's societal transformation over the past three decades. The massive spread of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) has given rise to a broad debate among China scholars about the nature of Chinese state-NGO relations. Several authors have developed theoretical concepts that highlight and explain the multifaceted and highly complex nature of relations between c…
Class, Citizenship and Individualization in China’s Modernization
Whither Taiwan and Mainland China
Politische Partizipation und Regimelegitimität in der VR China. Band I
Marketization and Democracy in China . Jianjun Zhang
Institutionalizing Village Governance in China
Most studies of political reforms in rural China have concentrated on village elections, pointing out important effects of this democratic mechanism. However, while significant in broadening the 'access to power', even well conducted village elections fall short of altering the 'exercise of power', which has received far less research attention. Therefore, this article focuses on the procedural dimension of post-election village governance. It ar…
Political Science Research on China
China's Rational Entrepreneurs
Modernizing China's Industries
Wrapped up in Cotton Wool
The Post-Election Administration of Chinese Villages
Thomas Heberer, Xiaoming Ji et Arno Kohl, Untemehmcr als strategische Gruppen
Children and youth NGOs in China
The proliferation of civic groups has been one of the most intriguing features of China's societal transformation over the past three decades. The massive spread of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) has given rise to a broad debate among China scholars about the nature of Chinese state-NGO relations. Several authors have developed theoretical concepts that highlight and explain the multifaceted and highly complex nature of relations between c…
The Post-Election Administration of Chinese Villages
Studying the Chinese Policy Process in the Era of ‘Top-Level Design
Population Planning after the One-Child Policy
Since late 2013, one of China’s most controversial policies—the one-child policy—has been gradually phased out, culminating in the reorganization of the National Health and Family Planning Commission in early 2018, which saw it drop the family planning part from its name. Has China forgone population intervention and started to pursue a liberal population policy? This article demonstrates that the Chinese political leadership is still determined …
Institutionalizing Village Governance in China
Most studies of political reforms in rural China have concentrated on village elections, pointing out important effects of this democratic mechanism. However, while significant in broadening the 'access to power', even well conducted village elections fall short of altering the 'exercise of power', which has received far less research attention. Therefore, this article focuses on the procedural dimension of post-election village governance. It ar…
In Other News
In the Western world China stands accused of severe human rights violations regarding its treatment of the Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim minorities in its northwestern Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. This is the first article to systematically analyze the response of China’s international state media to these allegations. By studying the YouTube channels of two leading Chinese state media, China Global Television Network (CGTN) and Ne…
Political Science Research on China
Wrapped up in Cotton Wool
China’s Rural–Urban Transformation
China’s urbanisation drive has been unprecedented in scale. It has also produced some paradoxical outcomes and led to multiple interconnections between the rural and the urban spheres. These interconnections are the central focus of this special issue. Thus, preference is given to the term “rural–urban transformation” instead of simply “urbanisation.” The main argument advanced here is that we always need to consider the rural aspects and repercu…
The Post-Election Administration of Chinese Villages
Thomas Heberer, Xiaoming Ji et Arno Kohl, Untemehmcr als strategische Gruppen
Modernizing China's Industries
Wrapped up in Cotton Wool
China's Rational Entrepreneurs
Marketization and Democracy in China . Jianjun Zhang
Institutionalizing Village Governance in China
Most studies of political reforms in rural China have concentrated on village elections, pointing out important effects of this democratic mechanism. However, while significant in broadening the 'access to power', even well conducted village elections fall short of altering the 'exercise of power', which has received far less research attention. Therefore, this article focuses on the procedural dimension of post-election village governance. It ar…
Political Science Research on China
Politische Partizipation und Regimelegitimität in der VR China. Band I
Class, Citizenship and Individualization in China’s Modernization
Whither Taiwan and Mainland China
Children and youth NGOs in China
The proliferation of civic groups has been one of the most intriguing features of China's societal transformation over the past three decades. The massive spread of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) has given rise to a broad debate among China scholars about the nature of Chinese state-NGO relations. Several authors have developed theoretical concepts that highlight and explain the multifaceted and highly complex nature of relations between c…
Jie Chen, A Middle Class Without Democracy
Fukuyama and the Chinese middle class
Francis Fukuyama's recent works have rekindled interest in the larger questions of political development and have been discussed widely, including in China. This essay argues, first, that his theoretical perspective is squarely rooted in the classical modernization paradigm which is inherently teleological, but it develops its tenets and adds new insights to this body of theory. This qualifies Fukuyama's theoretical perspective as 'Modernization …
Aspekte des sozialen Wandels in China
Population Planning after the One-Child Policy
Since late 2013, one of China’s most controversial policies—the one-child policy—has been gradually phased out, culminating in the reorganization of the National Health and Family Planning Commission in early 2018, which saw it drop the family planning part from its name. Has China forgone population intervention and started to pursue a liberal population policy? This article demonstrates that the Chinese political leadership is still determined …
Studying the Chinese Policy Process in the Era of ‘Top-Level Design
China’s Rural–Urban Transformation
China’s urbanisation drive has been unprecedented in scale. It has also produced some paradoxical outcomes and led to multiple interconnections between the rural and the urban spheres. These interconnections are the central focus of this special issue. Thus, preference is given to the term “rural–urban transformation” instead of simply “urbanisation.” The main argument advanced here is that we always need to consider the rural aspects and repercu…
Ethics in Social Science Research on China
esearch ethics is an underdiscussed topic in Chinese studies that has only recently attracted more attention due to increasing geopolitical tensions and the concomitant anxieties about China's shifting global role.In this essay, I aim to reflect on often-overlooked aspects of research ethics in the study of contemporary China and consider the implications for the field going forward.My comments proceed in three steps, discussing professional, per…
The War on the Uyghurs
The War on the Uyghurs: China’s Internal Campaign against a Muslim Minority." Politics, Religion & Ideology, 23(2), pp. 243–244
In Other News
In the Western world China stands accused of severe human rights violations regarding its treatment of the Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim minorities in its northwestern Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. This is the first article to systematically analyze the response of China’s international state media to these allegations. By studying the YouTube channels of two leading Chinese state media, China Global Television Network (CGTN) and Ne…
Social Categorisations in China's Era of Aging
Chinese population policy has long been shown to be a highly productive site for generating new social categories to enable governance. The article employs the sociology of knowledge approach to discourse and focuses on two recently much-debated categories: “families who lost their only child” ( shidu jiating ) and “empty-nest elderly” ( kongchao laoren ). Here, population policies intersect with larger social trends and new family situations. I …
Political science (21 works) · Law (20 works) · China (19 works) · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (16 works) · Law (16 works) · Sociology (14 works) · Economics (9 works) · Politics (9 works) · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics (5 works) · Social science (5 works)