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The new middle class in China = consumption, politics and the market economy /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The new middle class in China/ Eileen Yuk-Ha Tsang.
Reminder of title:	consumption, politics and the market economy /
Author:	Tsang, Eileen Yuk-Ha.
Published:	Basingstoke :Palgrave Macmillan, : 2013.,
Description:	1 online resource.
Subject:	Since 2000 -
Subject:	Middle class - China. -
Subject:	China -
Online resource:	http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137297440
ISBN:	1137297441 (electronic bk.)

The new middle class in China = consumption, politics and the market economy /
Tsang, Eileen Yuk-Ha.

The new middle class in Chinaconsumption, politics and the market economy /[electronic resource] :Eileen Yuk-Ha Tsang. - Basingstoke :Palgrave Macmillan,2013. - 1 online resource. - Frontiers of globalization. - Frontiers of globalization series..

Introduction: China Engages the Middle Class Society in the 21st Century? -- (Re) Framing Class Analysis in Post-Reform China -- Class Boundaries of the Older Generation of the Chinese New Middle Class -- Generational Effects in the Chinese New Middle Class -- Guanxi Networks and the Chinese New Middle Class -- Middle Class Culture and Political Development -- Conclusion: A China in the Making with a New Middle Class?.

This book argues that Western class categories do not directly apply to China and that the new Chinese middle class is distinguished more by socio-cultural rather than by economic factors. Based upon qualitative interviews done in Guangdong in South China, the study looks at entrepreneurs, professionals, and regional party cadres' from various age groups, showing the complex networks among these different groups and the continuing significance of cadres. The study also explores generational differences, exposing how older generations are pragmatic and business-oriented, rather than personally oriented in their consumption whereas the younger generations appear more flexible and hedonistic and tend to be more individualistic, materialistic and oriented towards personal gain. In neither older or younger generations is there much evidence that the new Chinese middle class is taking on a political role in advocating political reform alongside market reforms as is suggested by some Western stratification theorists. Despite being in the vanguard of consumption, they are the laggards in politics.

ISBN: 1137297441 (electronic bk.)

Source: 537127Palgrave Macmillanhttp://www.palgraveconnect.comSubjects--Chronological Terms:

Since 2000
Subjects--Topical Terms:

1004811
Middle class
--China.Subjects--Geographical Terms:

714969
China
Index Terms--Genre/Form:

554714
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HT690.C6 / T73 2013

Dewey Class. No.: 305.5/50951

The new middle class in China = consumption, politics and the market economy /
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