Sociology for Change

A special section presents Toward a Hopeful Sociology by Richard Madsen (U. of California-San Diego) and Public Sociology on a Global Scale by Michael Burawoy (U. of California-Berkeley), both delivered to Association conferences, along with commentary on them by local sociologists. Such sections may be continued in later issues. Four other articles look at such topics as Chinese immigrant women in Canada, and sociological insights into barriers to fertility in Singapore. A review essays considers Chinese business networks and entrepreneurship, and eight recent books are reviewed. Annotation c2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Yanjie Bian is Professor and Head in the Division of Social Science and Director of the Survey Research Center, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He has published on work, social stratification, and social networks in contemporary China.Chan Kwok-bun is Chair Professor and Head of the Department of Sociology, and Director of the David C. Lam Institute for East-West Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University. His current research interests are in migration, transnationalism, cosmopolitanism, and diasporas; ethnic identities and ethnicities; business networks and ethnic capitalism; medical sociology; and family and marriage. (ckb@hkbu.edu.hk)Cheung Tak-sing is Professor at the Department of Sociology of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. His current research interests are Confucianism, modernity and Chinese social thought. (takscheung@cuhk.edu.hk)