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A Middle Class Without Democracy - Economic Growth and the Prospects for Democratization in China (Hardcover)
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A Middle Class Without Democracy - Economic Growth and the Prospects for Democratization in China (Hardcover)
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What kind of role can the middle class play in potential
democratization in such an undemocratic, late developing country as
China? To answer this profound political as well as theoretical
question, Jie Chen explores attitudinal and behavioral orientation
of China's new middle class to democracy and democratization.
Chen's work is based on a unique set of data collected from a
probability-sample survey and in-depth interviews of residents in
three major Chinese cities, Beijing, Chengdu and Xi'an-each of
which represents a distinct level of economic development in urban
China-in 2007 and 2008. The empirical findings derived from this
data set confirm that (1) compared to other social classes,
particularly lower classes, the new Chinese middle class-especially
those employed in the state apparatus-tends to be more supportive
of the current Party-state but less supportive of democratic values
and institutions; (2) the new middle class's attitudes toward
democracy may be accounted for by this class's close ideational and
institutional ties with the state, and its perceived socioeconomic
wellbeing, among other factors; (3) the lack of support for
democracy among the middle class tends to cause this social class
to act in favor of the current state but in opposition to
democratic changes. The most important political implication is
that while China's middle class is not likely to serve as the
harbinger of democracy now, its current attitudes toward democracy
may change in the future. Such a crucial shift in the middle
class's orientation toward democracy can take place, especially
when its dependence on the Party-state decreases and perception of
its own social and economic statuses turns pessimistic. The key
theoretical implication from the findings suggests that the
attitudinal and behavioral orientations of the middle class-as a
whole and as a part-toward democratic change in late developing
countries are contingent upon its relationship with the incumbent
state and its perceived social/economic wellbeing, and the middle
class's support for democracy in these countries is far from
inevitable.
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