The making of the Chinese middle class : small comfort and great expectations / Jean-Louis Rocca.
Rocca, Jean-Louis (Jean-Louis Laurent), author.
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.
Author Rocca, Jean-Louis (Jean-Louis Laurent), author.
ISBN 9781137393395 (electronic book)
1137393394 (electronic book)
9781137393388
1137393386
DOI https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-39339-5
Published New York : Palgrave Macmillan, ©2017
Language English
Description 1 online resource : color illustrations.
Other Standard Identifiers 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
Note 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
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Series CERI series in international relations and political economy.
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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

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