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The making of the Chinese middle class = small comfort and great expectations /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The making of the Chinese middle class/ by Jean-Louis Rocca.
Reminder of title:	small comfort and great expectations /
Author:	Rocca, Jean-Louis.
Published:	New York :Palgrave Macmillan US : : 2017.,
Description:	xiii, 281 p. :ill., digital ; : 24 cm.;
Contained By:	Springer eBooks
Subject:	Middle class - China. -
Online resource:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-39339-5
ISBN:	9781137393395

The making of the Chinese middle class = small comfort and great expectations /
Rocca, Jean-Louis.

The making of the Chinese middle classsmall comfort and great expectations /[electronic resource] :by Jean-Louis Rocca. - New York :Palgrave Macmillan US :2017. - xiii, 281 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm. - The sciences Po series in international relations and political economy. - Sciences Po series in international relations and political economy..

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.

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.

ISBN: 9781137393395

Standard No.: 10.1057/978-1-137-39339-5doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

1004811
Middle class
--China.

LC Class. No.: HT690.C55 / R63 2017

Dewey Class. No.: 305.550951

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