Class in Contemporary China - Couverture souple

Goodman, David S. G.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0745653375 ISBN 13 : 9780745653372

Editeur : Polity, 2014

Synopsis

More than three decades of economic growth have led to significant social change in the People’s Republic of China. This timely book examines the emerging structures of class and social stratification: how they are interpreted and managed by the Chinese Communist Party, and how they are understood and lived by people themselves. David Goodman details the emergence of a dominant class based on political power and wealth that has emerged from the institutions of the Party-state, with a well-established middle class that is closely associated with the Party-state and a not-so-well-established entrepreneurial middle class, as well as several different subordinate classes in both the rural and urban areas. In doing so, he considers several critical issues: the extent to which the social basis of the Chinese political system has changed and the likely consequences; the impact of change on the old working class that was the socio-political mainstay of state socialism before the 1980s; the extent to which the migrant workers – on whom much of the economic power of the People’s Republic of China since the early 1980s has been based – are becoming a new working class; and the consequences of China’s growing middle class, especially for politics. The result is an invaluable guide for researchers and students, as well as non-specialists interested in the contours of ongoing social change in China.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

David S. G. Goodman is Academic Director of the China Studies Centre at the University of Sydney, where he is Professor of Chinese Politics. He is also Professor in the School of Social and Behavioural Sciences at Nanjing University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Polity
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0745653375
• ISBN 13: 9780745653372
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 252
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible