Class and the Communist Party of China, 1978-2021: Reform and Market Socialism

ISBN-13: 9781032185323 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 216 str.

Marc Blecher; David S. G. Goodman; Yingjie Guo

Opis

By examining the changing political economy in China through detailed studies of the peasantry, workers, middle classes, and the dominant class, this volume reveals the Communist Party of China [CCP]’s impact on social change in China between 1978-2021.

Spis treści

1. Class in Themselves and Classes for Themselves: Social Consciousness Divorced from Social ExistenceYingjie Guo2. Class and Social Mobility: Stratification and Social Change since 1978Beibei Tang3. The Performance of Class: Lifestyles and BehaviourBeibei Tang4. The Peasant Class under the Impact of Industrialisation, Urbanisation, and Household RegistrationYingjie Guo5. Economic Growth and Working Class Decline: Structural reform and social change after 1978Marc Blecher6. The Middle Class in Reforming China: The dream of a classless societyJean-Louis Rocca7. The Dominant Class after 1978: Elite Persistence and the Ironies of Social ChangeDavid S G Goodman