The New Middle Class in China [electronic resource] : Consumption, Politics and the Market Economy /
Tsang, E.author.
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.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Figure and Tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: China Engages a Middle- Class Society in the 21st Century?; 1 (Re) Framing Class Theories: Class Analysis in Post-Reform China; 2 Class Boundaries of the Old Generation of the Chinese New Middle Class; 3 Generational Effects in the Chinese New Middle Class; 4 Guanxi Networks and the Chinese New Middle Class; 5 Class Formation and Political Development; Conclusion: A China in the Making with a New Middle Class?; Appendix 1 Research Questions to Interview the Chinese New Middle Class
Appendix 2 Detailed Profiles of the Chinese New Middle ClassAppendix 3 Casenotes of Chen Xitong; Appendix 4 Casenotes of Ching Cheong; Notes; Bibliography and Citations; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Political sociology.
Social structure.
Social inequality.
Sociology.
Globalization.
Marketing.
Social policy.
Political Sociology.
Social Structure, Social Inequality.
Sociology, general.
Globalization.
Marketing.
Social Policy.