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The new middle class in China Consumption, politics and the market economy /

Based on interviews with entrepreneurs, professionals and regional party cadres' from a range of age groups, this book argues that Western class categories do not directly apply to China and that the Chinese new middle class is distinguished more by socio-cultural than by economic factors.

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Main Authors: Tsang, Eileen Yuk-Ha
Published:
Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
Series: Frontiers of globalization
Subjects:
Middle class > China
Social classes > China
Globalization > China
Consumerism > China
Sociology > China
Society
China > Economic conditions
China > Social conditions
Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137297440
Summary: Based on interviews with entrepreneurs, professionals and regional party cadres' from a range of age groups, this book argues that Western class categories do not directly apply to China and that the Chinese new middle class is distinguished more by socio-cultural than by economic factors.
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Epublication based on: 9780230354449.
Carrier Form: 240 p. : 2 maps, 4.
ISBN: 9781137297440 :
1137297441 :
CLC: D771.261
Contents: Introduction: China Engages the Middle Class Society in the 21st Century? (Re) Framing Class Analysis in Post-Reform China Class Boundaries of the Older Generation of the Chinese New Middle Class Generational Effects in the Chinese New Middle Class Guanxi Networks and the Chinese New Middle Class Middle Class Culture and Political Development Conclusion: A China in the Making with a New Middle Class?

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