This book examines the relationship between social capital and sense of well-being among China’s youth. This is a population on whose well-being hangs the long-term social and economic development prospects of the entire country. Understanding the forces that shape the subjective beliefs and objective experiences of Chinese youth takes on urgency in a time of rapid and profound social change. Social scientists have increasingly been interested in the pivotal role access to social capital plays in people’s life outcomes and self-assessment. This book applies some of those research findings to shed light on the current condition of and future outlook for youth in China.

Yan Xu, Ph.D., is Associate Professor at School of Sociological Anthropology (with join appointment in the Zhongshan School of Medicine), and Fellow at Social Science Research Center, Sun Yat-sen University, China.

Zhiwei Qiu, School of Sociology and Anthropology, Sun Yat-sen University, China.

Liyu Chen, School of Sociology and Anthropology, Sun Yat-sen University, China.