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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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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The New Middle Class in China: Consumption, Politics and the Market Economy

The New Middle Class in China: Consumption, Politics and the Market Economy

by E. Tsang
The New Middle Class in China: Consumption, Politics and the Market Economy

The New Middle Class in China: Consumption, Politics and the Market Economy

by E. Tsang

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Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781137297440
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date: 05/29/2014
Series: Frontiers of Globalization
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 225
File size: 3 MB

About the Author

Eileen Yuk-Ha Tsang  is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Department of Applied Social Studies, City University of Hong Kong

Table of 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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