The Making of the Chinese Middle Class - Small Comfort and Great Expectations (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)

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.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy
Release date:	November 2016
First published:	2017
Authors:	Jean-Louis Rocca
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	281
Edition:	1st ed. 2017
ISBN-13:	978-1-137-39338-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Development economics Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Political economy Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Social classes > General
LSN:	1-137-39338-6
Barcode:	9781137393388

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