Chau Kiu Cheung: 3 books
Emerging Adulthood in Hong Kong
Social Forces and Civic Engagement
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2017
How emerging adults, broadly referring to those aged from 18 to 29 years old, fare in civic engagement, as compared with other adults is the focus of the present work. The work takes civic engagement to comprise prosociality in civil society, sustaining social institutions, and challenging institutions....
by Beng-huat Chua, Chyong-Fan Ko, Kyeung-Mi Oh
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2010
The Crisis of Welfare in East Asia adopts a unique and critical perspective on contemporary social welfare policies in East Asia. This edited volume reflects on current welfare theories and challenges the dominant productivist ideology that overemphasizes the influence of work and family. James Lee...
Idol Worship in Chinese Society
A Psychological Approach
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2018
This book introduces psychosocial studies of idol worship in Chinese societies. It reviews how idol worship is perceived in Chinese culture, history, and philosophy as well as how it differs from the concept of celebrity worship that is more dominant in Western literature. Using a pioneering hexagonal...