Jonathan Unger, PhD (Sussex)
Professor and Head, Contemporary China Centre

Email: Jonathan.Unger@anu.edu.au

Biographical Statement

Recently published two books — The Transformation of Rural China and, as editor, The Nature of Chinese Politics from Mao to Jiang. Is in the midst of researching a book on a Chinese state-owned factory. Was editor and then co-editor of The China Journal from July 1987 until July 2005.

Research Interests

Social stratification in China; rural Chinese social and economic change; workers and factory life; Chinese nationalism.

Key Publications

• The Transformation of Rural China. Armonk, M.E. Sharpe, 2002.
• (ed.) Chinese Nationalism. Armonk, M.E. Sharpe, 1996.
• (co-author) Chen Village Under Mao and Deng, University of California Press, 1992.
• Education Under Mao: Class and Competition in Canton Schools, University of Colombia Press, 1982.

Other publications by Professor Unger

Career Highlights

Academic staff member of the UK's Institute of Development Studies, University of Kansas, University of Washington and Leiden University before coming to ANU.