The New Rich in China (eBook, ePUB)

Future rulers, present lives
Redaktion: Goodman, David

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Including sections on class, status and power, agency and structure and life style the book develops the concept of the New Rich further in light of China's accelerated social change and the ever-increasing affluence of some of the population.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Mai 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134050086
• Artikelnr.: 38248738

Autorenporträt

David S G Goodman is Professor of Contemporary China Studies at the University of Technology, Sydney. In the 1990s he created the project to examine the New Rich in Asia, also published by Routledge.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Introduction 1. The New Rich in China: The Consequences of Social
Change David Goodman and Xiaowei Zang Part 2: Class, Status, and Power 2.
Why There is No New Middle Class David Goodman 3. Class and Stratum: The
Politics of Description Yingjie Guo 4. Social Status Xiaowei Zang Part 3:
Agencies and Structures 5. CEOs and the Corporate Sector Colin Hawes 6.
Women Entrepreneurs and Local Politics Minglu Chen 7. The Professional
Middle Classes: Management and Politics Ivan Cucco 8. Lawyers, Doctors and
Professors Jingqing Yang 9. Small Town Entrepreneurs Beatriz Carrillo 10.
National Minority Entrepreneurs and Activists Tim Oakes and Wu Xiaoping
Part 4: Life Styles 11. "What's in a High-Class Neighbourhood?" Housing and
Ethical Self-Government for Beijing's New Rich Luigi Tomba 12. Cultural
Constructions Stephanie Helmyrk Donald 13. New Symbolic Wealth: The Best
Things Come in Small Boxes Carolyn Cartier 14. The Maid's Story: New Rich
Family Life Styles Sun Wanning 15. Women in Public Louise Edwards 16. For
Love or Money? Commercial Sex and the New Rich in Reform-Era China Elaine
Jeffreys