Confucian or Communist, Post-Mao or Postmodern? Exploring the Narrative Identity Resources of Shanghai's Post-80s Generation

Post - Mao or Postmodern ? Exploring the narrative identity resources of Shanghai ’ s Post - 80 s generation

It is 30 years after Post-Mao reforms, 20 years after Tiananmen Square demonstrations, and the next generation of “comrades” are emerging in China. They are called the Balinghou or “Post80s” generation, referring to the cohort born between 1980 and 1989. This study addresses an empirical gap by exploring the narrative resources Shanghai’s Post-80s young adults call on to construct their identit...

a Post - Communist Society

The Post-Communist Fertility Puzzle

Fertility has unanimously declined across the entire post-communist region. This study explores the variation in fertility trends over time among these countries and assesses to what degree three explanations are applicable: second demographic transition (SDT), postponement transition (PPT) or reaction to the economic crisis. Moreover, on the basis of SDT and PPT theoretical tenets, as well as ...

Post-stroke depression or fatigue.

Accessible online at: www.karger.com/journals/ene Fatigue is a common complaint in clinical practice. It is a frequent symptom in patients with depression and other psychiatric disorders, cancer, inflammatory, endocrinologic and rheumatologic diseases. It may also develop without any other antecedent condition than a viral infection, leading to what is generally known as the ‘chronic fatigue sy...

Generation Gap: Illusion or Reality?

Values have very important functions in any society. The significance  becomes so clear when a society has been exposed to changes and strengthening social cohesion is viewed as an essential subject. Great changes as the Islamic Revolution and the Imposed War have been happened in Iran during last several decades. In this line, generations can be understood via  direct or indirect experience of...