The Rising Middle Classes in China

Mostly Chinese, but some Western, social scientists explore China’s new and growing middle class--small in proportion but large in numbers--from the perspectives of background, process of formation, state of development, key characteristics, socio-economic status, and socio-political function. Among the topics are changes in theoretical directions and interests of research on China’s middle class, the transformation and power of "Middle Class" language in Chinese media publications, urban Chinese class structure and the direction of the middle class, whether new middle class politics is leading to a quiet democratization, and the moral order of a middle class community. The volume is only for sale outside of China. This is a paperbound reprint of the 2012 clothbound edition. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation ©2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)