The Making of the Chinese Middle Class Small Comfort and Great Expectations By: Jean-Louis Rocca Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Print ISBN: 9781137393388, 1137393386 eText ISBN: 9781137393395, 1137393394 Copyright year: 2017 Format: PDF Available from $ 149.00 USD SKU: 9781137393395 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. SKU: 9781137393388 Ebooks here: https://ebookscoffee.sellpass.io/products/The-Making-of-the-Chinese-Middle-Class
