The making of the Chinese middle class : small comfort and great expectations / Jean-Louis Rocca.
2017
HT690.C55 R63 2017eb
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Title
The making of the Chinese middle class : small comfort and great expectations / Jean-Louis Rocca.
ISBN
9781137393395 (electronic book)
1137393394 (electronic book)
9781137393388
1137393386
1137393394 (electronic book)
9781137393388
1137393386
Published
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, ©2017
Language
English
Description
1 online resource : color illustrations.
Item Number
10.1057/978-1-137-39339-5 doi
Call Number
HT690.C55 R63 2017eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
339.5
Summary
This book analyses the making of the Chinese middle class that started in the 1990s using a constructivist approach. With the development of the Chinese economy, a new group of middle wage earners appeared. Chinese social scientists and state institutions promoted the idea that China needs a middle class to achieve modernization. Middle class members are defined"and define themselves"as good consumers, educated people, politically engaged but reasonable citizens. As such, the making of the middle class is the result of three convergent phenomena: an attempt to define the middle class, a process of civilization, and the development of protest movements. The making of the Chinese middle class, Rocca argues, is a way to end the stalemate that modern Chinese society is facing, in particular the necessity to democratize without introducing an election system
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This book analyses the making of the Chinese middle class that started in the 1990s using a constructivist approach. With the development of the Chinese economy, a new group of middle wage earners appeared. Chinese social scientists and state institutions promoted the idea that China needs a middle class to achieve modernization. Middle class members are defined"and define themselves"as good consumers, educated people, politically engaged but reasonable citizens. As such, the making of the middle class is the result of three convergent phenomena: an attempt to define the middle class, a process of civilization, and the development of protest movements. The making of the Chinese middle class, Rocca argues, is a way to end the stalemate that modern Chinese society is facing, in particular the necessity to democratize without introducing an election system
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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CERI series in international relations and political economy.
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Table of Contents
Introduction: Talking about the Middle Class
1. The Rise of the Social in China
2. The Making of an Ideal Class
3. The Making of a Lifestyle
4. Middle Class Politics
Conclusion
1. The Rise of the Social in China
2. The Making of an Ideal Class
3. The Making of a Lifestyle
4. Middle Class Politics
Conclusion