
Overview
- Examines how the “problem” of the Chinese middle class has been constructed since the 1990s
- Identifies converging phenomena of education, civilization, classification, media, and politics that contribute to the forming of the Chinese middle class
- Considers the future potential of the Chinese middle class to enact social and political reforms
Part of the book series: The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy (SPIRP)
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“A major contribution to the literature not only on the middle-class phenomenon in China, but also on the industrialized and industrializing world's understandings of class more generally. It will be useful reading for students on courses in China studies, sociology and politics, and should be mandatory for any researcher interested in social change in China, not only for its analysis and findings, but also for the richness of its source material and the sophistication of its methodology.” (David S. G. Goodman, China Quarterly Review, Vol. 231, September, 2017)
“This important contribution is the best effort yet by Western social scientists in their continuous struggle to define what being middle class means in Chinese society. … A thoughtful book worthy of further consideration. Summing Up: Recommended. All academic levels/libraries.” (W. R. Jankowiak, Choice, Vol. 54 (11), July, 2017)
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Book Title: The Making of the Chinese Middle Class
Book Subtitle: Small Comfort and Great Expectations
Authors: Jean-Louis Rocca
Series Title: The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-39339-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-39338-8Published: 08 November 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-95380-6Published: 16 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-39339-5Published: 07 November 2016
Series ISSN: 2945-607X
Series E-ISSN: 2945-6088
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 281
Number of Illustrations: 3 illustrations in colour
Topics: International Political Economy, Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning, Urban Studies/Sociology, Social Structure, Social Inequality, Sociology, general, Political Science