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1 online resource (169 pages) |
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Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy |
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Routledge studies on the Chinese economy.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; An illustrated glimpse into middle class life in Ningbo; Introduction; 1 Class analysis in comparative perspective; Middle class Ningbo; 2 Social identity of the middle class; Subjective interpretation of class terminologies; Middle strata, salaried class?; Relative deprivation and anxieties of the 'salaried class'; Beyond economic status: the subjective middle class; Economic security and cultural superiority: the imagined 'middle class'; Middle class identity and subjectivity |
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3 Between the state and the market Personal income tax: 'honest worker's burden'; Health care: 'Sharp class conflict'; Education: 'Values over profit'; Pension: 'Neither here nor there'; Role of the state: 'Freedom within a safety net'; Negotiating the state and the market; 4 Middle class attitude towards sociopolitical affairs; Social justice; Attitude towards democratic concepts; Case study: Food safety concerns; Case study: Zhenhai PX incident; Middle class and social stability; Understanding the paternalistic state; 5 Nationalism among the middle class |
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Endogenous conceptions of being 'Chinese'Chinese values versus universal values; Romanticising the past; Exogenous conception of the 'other'; The Chinese middle class; 6 Viewing those below: the marginalised social groups; Gender; On homosexuality; On migrant workers; On children's education; The Yin and Yang of the Chinese middle class; Conclusion: the middle class in the Middle Kingdom; The 'Chinese', the 'middle' or the 'class'?; Imagining the Chinese middle class; Appendix; 1. Normalised index and threshold for determining which factors are relatively significant |
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2. Threshold for determining significant correlationBibliography; Index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317284741 |
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1317284747 |
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