Description: The Making of the Chinese Middle Class Please note: this item is printed on demand and will take extra time before it can be dispatched to you (up to 20 working days). Small Comfort and Great Expectations Author(s): Jean-Louis Rocca Format: Paperback Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, United Kingdom Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan ISBN-13: 9781349953806, 978-1349953806 Synopsis 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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Book Title: The Making of the Chinese Middle Class
Number of Pages: 281 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: The Making of the Chinese Middle Class: Small Comfort and Great Expectations
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Publication Year: 2018
Subject: Economics, Sociology, Sustainability
Item Height: 210 mm
Item Weight: 389 g
Type: Textbook
Author: Jean-Louis Rocca
Subject Area: Urban Planning, Family Sociology, Political Science
Series: The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy
Item Width: 148 mm
Format: Paperback
