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The New Middle Class in China

Consumption, Politics and the Market Economy

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  • © 2014

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Authors:
  1. Eileen Yuk-Ha Tsang

    1. City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

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Part of the book series: Frontiers of Globalization (FOG)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction: China Engages a Middle-Class Society in the 21st Century?

    • Eileen Yuk-Ha Tsang
    Pages 1-17

  3. (Re) Framing Class Theories: Class Analysis in Post-Reform China

    • Eileen Yuk-Ha Tsang
    Pages 18-54

  4. Class Boundaries of the Old Generation of the Chinese New Middle Class

    • Eileen Yuk-Ha Tsang
    Pages 55-84

  5. Generational Effects in the Chinese New Middle Class

    • Eileen Yuk-Ha Tsang
    Pages 85-118

  6. Guanxi Networks and the Chinese New Middle Class

    • Eileen Yuk-Ha Tsang
    Pages 119-152

  7. Class Formation and Political Development

    • Eileen Yuk-Ha Tsang
    Pages 153-173

  8. Conclusion: A China in the Making with a New Middle Class?

    • Eileen Yuk-Ha Tsang
    Pages 174-182

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 183-225
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About this book

Based on interviews with entrepreneurs, professionals and regional party cadres' from a range of age groups, this book argues that Western class categories do not directly apply to China and that the Chinese new middle class is distinguished more by socio-cultural than by economic factors.

Authors and Affiliations

  • City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    Eileen Yuk-Ha Tsang

About the author

Eileen Yuk-Ha Tsang  is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Department of Applied Social Studies, City University of Hong Kong

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