Middle Class China
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Middle Class China

Identity and Behaviour

9781781005705 Edward Elgar Publishing
Edited by Minglu Chen and David S.G. Goodman, University of Sydney, Australia
Publication Date: 2013 ISBN: 978 1 78100 570 5 Extent: 224 pp
A general expectation has developed that China’s middle class will generate not only social but also political change. This expectation often overlooks the reality that there is no single Chinese middle class with a common identity or will to action. This timely volume examines the behaviour and identity of the different elements of China’s middle class – entrepreneurs, managers, and professionals – in order to understand their centrality to the wider processes of social and political change in China.

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A general expectation has developed that China’s middle class will generate not only social but also political change. This expectation often overlooks the reality that there is no single Chinese middle class with a common identity or will to action. This timely volume examines the behaviour and identity of the different elements of China’s middle class – entrepreneurs, managers, and professionals – in order to understand their centrality to the wider processes of social and political change in China.

The expert contributors seek to identify the social space occupied by the Chinese middle class rather than identifying social backgrounds and attitudes. In so doing they explore socio-political issues, the development of a consumer society, relationships between gender and class in the workplace, home-ownership and the appearance of gated communities, and the political interaction between the Party-state and the entrepreneurial middle classes and their impact on the new institutional economics.

Providing a more nuanced understanding of the structure of the middle class in China and identifying dynamic elements in their behaviour, this unique book will prove a fascinating and thought provoking read for academics, students and researchers with an interest in Asian studies and public policy.
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Contributors: C. Cartier, M. Chen, J. Dai, D.S.G. Goodman, H. Hendrischke, C. Li, J. Liu, J.-L. Rocca, B. Tang, J. Unger, J. Yang
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Preface

Introduction: Middle Class China – Discourse, Structure and Practice
Minglu Chen and David S.G. Goodman

1. Sociopolitical Attitudes of the Middle Class and the Implications for Political Transition
Li Chunling

2. Class, Consumption and the Economic Restructuring of Consumer Space
Carolyn Cartier

3. Urban Housing-Status-Groups: Consumption, Lifestyles and Identity
Beibei Tang

4. White-collar Workers: Gender and Class Politics in an Urban Organization
Jieyu Liu

5. The Socioeconomic Status, Co-optation and Political Conservatism of the Educated Middle Class: A Case Study of University Teachers
Beibei Tang and Jonathan Unger

6. Homeowners’ Movements: Narratives on the Political Behaviours of the Middle Class
Jean-Louis Rocca

7. Institutional Determinants of the Political Consciousness of Private Entrepreneurs
Hans Hendrischke

8. Understanding Entrepreneurs
Yang Jing and Dai Jianzhong

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