The New Rich in China: Future Rulers, Present Lives

ISBN-13: 9780415455640 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 320 str.

Goodman David

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

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.