Rising Middle Classes in China
1st Edition
Published on 1. April 2012
244 pages
978-1-84464-090-4 (ISBN)
Description
This key new book gathers together the latest research results from renowned Chinese scholars who have comprehensively examined the formation of China's middle class. The coverage takes in key background issues, socioeconomic status and sociopolitical functions, the definition, values, social attitudes, income and consumption characteristics of China's rapidly expanding middle class.
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Content
- Cover
- Title
- Preface
- Contents
- List of Contributors
- Part I Observing China's Emerging Middle Class in Multiple perspectives
- Chapter 1 Changes in Theoretical Directions and Interests of Research on China's Middle Class Li Chunling
- Chapter 2 Political Crossroad, Social Representations and Academic intervention: The Formation of a Middle Class in China JeanLouis Rocca
- Chapter 3 Globalization, Social Transformation and Construction of the Chinese Middle Classes Zhou Xiaohong and Qin Chen
- Chapter 4 The Transformation and Power of "Middle Class" Language in Chinese Media Publications He Jin
- Part II Definition, Component and Size of China's Middle Class
- Chapter 5 Profile of China's Middle Class Li Chunling
- Chapter 6 Urban Chinese Class Structure and the Direction of the Middle Class Liu Xin
- How Should We View China's Current Middle Class? Li Qiang
- Chapter 7 "Different Paths, Different People": A Typological Analysis of Contemporary China's Urban Middle Class Li Lulu and Li Sheng
- Part III Identity and Attitudes of China's Middle Class
- Chapter 8 The Scale, Self-identification and Social Attitude of China's Middle Class Li Pei Lin and Zhang Yi
- Chapter 9 Stabilizing Force or Destabilizing Force? Sociopolitical attitudes of the China's middle class and its implication on political transition Li Chunling
- Chapter 10 New Middle Class Politics in China: The Making of a Quiet Democratization? Alvin Y. So and Su Xianjia
- Part IV Socioeconomic Status of China's Middle Class
- Chapter 11 The Existence of Contemporary China's Middle Class: The State of its Social Life Li Lulu and Wang Yu
- Chapter 12 The Moral Order of a Middle Class Community Tai-lok Lui and Shuo Liu
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