City-level Influences on Chinese Filial Piety practice

Autor:	Chau-kiu Cheung, Alex Yui-huen Kwan
Rok vydání:	2009
Předmět:	Economics and Econometrics Economic growth Filial piety Sociology and Political Science Empirical examination Beijing Urbanization Political Science and International Relations Significant difference Development economics Mainland Sociology Modernization theory
Zdroj:	Journal of Comparative Asian Development. 8:105-123
ISSN:	2150-5403 1533-9114
Popis:	Modernization theory assumes that economic development and urbanization erode citizens' filial piety, but this assumption requires empirical examination. The present study employs survey and documentary data obtained from seven Chinese cities, including Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai and four provincial capitals, for such an examination. The results show that although city-level economic development makes no significant difference to citizens' practice of filial piety, city-level urbanization tends to erode it significantly. This does not stem from the discrepancy between the level of economic development and urbanization in Hong Kong and Mainland Chinese cities, which has no measurable effect. The results also indicate that modernization does not necessarily erode filial piety practices. Furthermore, it is possible to promote filial piety practice through policies that capitalize on the positive influence of economic development and urbanization.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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