Beibei Tang

China's Housing Middle Class (eBook, ePUB)

Changing Urban Life in Gated Communities

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the formation of "China's housing middle class". It develops a theoretical argument about, and provides empirical evidence of the heterogeneity of China's new middle class, which underlines the relations between the state, market and life chances under a socialist market economy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 170
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351630023
• Artikelnr.: 50004180

Autorenporträt

Beibei Tang is Associate Professor in the Department of China Studies at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Emergence of China's Housing Middle Class: Home
Ownership, Gate Communities and Life Chances in Urban China
1. Prestige and Privilege: Three Types of Gated Community and Two Groups of
Housing Middle Class
2. Formation of China's Housing Middle Class: Home Ownership and "The
System" Impact
3. Privilege beyond Salary: Reward Distribution and Socioeconomic Status
4. Bifurcated Lifestyles: Consumption, Social Relationships and Perceptions
5. Middle Class Homeowner Activism: The Limits of Participation in
Neighbourhood Governance
Conclusion: The Housing Middle Class and Social Stratification in Urban
China