The making of the Chinese middle class : small comfort and great expectations
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The making of the Chinese middle class : small comfort and great expectations
(Sciences po series in international relations and political economy)
Palgrave Macmillan, c2017
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-276) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Talking about the Middle Class
Chapter 1: The Rise of the Social in China
Chapter 2: The Making of an Ideal Class
Chapter 3: The Making of a Lifestyle
Chapter 4: Middle Class Politics
Conclusion
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