Xijia You
Biographic Data
| ID | 6573458 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Xijia You |
| GIVEN NAMES | Xijia |
| FAMILY NAME | You |
| SIGNATURE | YOU X |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oxford |
| ORCID | 0009-0009-2318-5689 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Temporal Structuration
This article develops the concept of temporal structuration to explain how actors engage temporal norms as social structures. Based on 64 life story interviews in Shenzhen and analysed through constructivist grounded theory, it examines reproductive timing in urban China, where marriage and childbearing are organised by a dense timetable enforced through kin relations. The analysis identifies a situated repertoire of four types of strategy: accom…
Fertility Norms as Unifying Framework
Research on the migration‐fertility nexus has generated five theoretical mechanisms – socialisation, assimilation, selection, disruption, and adaptation – that are typically examined in isolation from one another. Drawing on 66 life‐story interviews with internal migrants in Shenzhen, China, this article argues that these mechanisms share a common foundation in fertility norms, understood as socially embedded expectations about reproduction. Whil…
Beyond age norms
This article establishes duration as a distinct normative temporal structure that influences life course transitions, expanding beyond the predominant focus on age norms in existing literature. Drawing on life story interviews with 55 individuals in Shenzhen, China, the study examines how duration norms – socially constructed expectations about how long particular life course stages should last – operate in the transitions from relationships to m…
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Temporal Structuration
This article develops the concept of temporal structuration to explain how actors engage temporal norms as social structures. Based on 64 life story interviews in Shenzhen and analysed through constructivist grounded theory, it examines reproductive timing in urban China, where marriage and childbearing are organised by a dense timetable enforced through kin relations. The analysis identifies a situated repertoire of four types of strategy: accom…
Fertility Norms as Unifying Framework
Research on the migration‐fertility nexus has generated five theoretical mechanisms – socialisation, assimilation, selection, disruption, and adaptation – that are typically examined in isolation from one another. Drawing on 66 life‐story interviews with internal migrants in Shenzhen, China, this article argues that these mechanisms share a common foundation in fertility norms, understood as socially embedded expectations about reproduction. Whil…
Beyond age norms
This article establishes duration as a distinct normative temporal structure that influences life course transitions, expanding beyond the predominant focus on age norms in existing literature. Drawing on life story interviews with 55 individuals in Shenzhen, China, the study examines how duration norms – socially constructed expectations about how long particular life course stages should last – operate in the transitions from relationships to m…
Family Dynamics and Relationships (2 works) · Life course approach (2 works) · Normative (2 works) · Adaptation (eye (1 work) · China (1 work) · China's Global Influence and Migration (1 work) · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (1 work) · Critical Realism in Sociology (1 work) · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences (1 work) · Destinations (1 work)