Social Disorganization Theory in Contemporary China: a Review of the Evidence and Directions for Future Research

He, Dan; Messner, Steven F.

doi:10.1007/s11417-019-09291-2

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“…However, despite their centrality to neighborhood-effect theories, peer contagion and social disorganization do little to explain the effect of community SES in either urban or rural China. The lack of support for social disorganization theory is consistent with studies in China reporting a weak and inconsistent association between neighborhood SES and crime and victimization (He and Messner 2020). Low-SES communities do not necessarily experience higher crime rates and lower levels of social cohesion (Song et al 2018).…”

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The Effect of Community Socioeconomic Context on High School Attendance in China: A Generalized Propensity Score Approach

Lei

2021

Sociol Educ

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Many developing countries have experienced increasing spatial inequality, but little is known about the effect of community disadvantages on educational attainment in these societies. Using data from the China Family Panel Studies (2010–2016), I examine the effect of community socioeconomic status (SES) on the transition into high school in urban and rural China, and I explore several mechanisms explaining the community effects. I adopt the generalized propensity score method to estimate the potential probability of high school entrance at different levels of community SES. Results show that community SES is positively associated with high school attendance in both urban and rural China, and the relationship is stronger in more disadvantaged communities in both contexts. In urban areas, the effect of community SES is partly attributable to collective socialization and children’s academic performance. In rural areas, spatial accessibility to high schools and children’s academic performance are the salient mechanisms.

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Section: Conclusion and Discussionsupporting

confidence: 78%

“…Despite their lower SES, traditional and work-unit communities exhibit stronger social capital and mutual trust than do other types of communities (Lei and Lin 2021). Additionally, community SES is not consistently associated with crime and victimization in the Chinese context (He and Messner 2020).…”

Section: Theoretical Frameworkmentioning

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The Effect of Community Socioeconomic Context on High School Attendance in China: A Generalized Propensity Score Approach

Lei

2021

Sociol Educ

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“…39 Nº 70 (2021): 270-281 the tendency to deviations. Many publications are devoted to the study of the emergence of anomie during the transformation and modernization of hypernomic societies, including in the aspects of the growth of the terrorist threat, the rise of theft, murder and corruption (Galtung, 1996;Zhao, 2015;Messner et al, 2017;He and Messner, 2020).…”

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Hypernomie as a Phenomenon of Modern Society

Kuzmenkov

Starostenko²,

Soina

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Cuest. Pol.

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The purpose of the article is to clarify the essential characteristics of hypernomy as a social phenomenon. The comparative-historical, structural-functional and evaluative methods were used. Reference to the works of R. Dahrendorf, E. Gellner, K. Stenner, theorists of anomie, allowed us to identify several characteristic features of hypernomy. The first must include strict disciplinary control over the behaviour of citizens that affects bodily customs. There is another characteristic of hypernomy which is the identification of the functions of power and control over power. This is inherent not only in communist and post-communist countries, but also in traditional democracies that exert control over citizens through the Internet. The third characteristic of hypernomy is the predominance of production planning and control. Hypernomic societies impose a utilitarian understanding of good and evil, erasing traditional moral language. The fourth property of hypernomy is the ubiquitous spread of conformism, self-deception, and the cult of authoritarian personality. Two main conclusions are formulated: while hypernomics is the opposite of anomie, dialectically they complement each other and can pass from one to another.

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“…In recent decades, the problem of anomie has returned to the sphere of active scientific interest. This is largely due to the study of the terrorist threat and the large-scale transformations that followed the collapse of communist regimes in Eastern Europe (Galtung, 1996) and the modernization of China (Cao et al, 2010;He & Messner, 2020;Messner et al, 2017). The institutional theory of anomie by the American criminologists S. Messner and R. Rosenfeld has become widespread in recent decades (as cited in Hövermann et al, 2015;Hövermann & Messner, 2019).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%