{"product_id":"class-in-contemporary-china-hardback-9780745653365","title":"Class in Contemporary China (Hardback) 9780745653365","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eClass in Contemporary China\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid S. G. Goodman (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745653365, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 29 August 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e256 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.8 x 15.5 x 2.4 cm, 0.445 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChoice Outstanding Academic Title for 2015\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eClass in Contemporary China\u003c\/i\u003e has done a noble job in what is an extremely complicated and diffused subject. Goodman has managed to piece together a survey of disparate understandings of class and bring them into a coherent portrait, taking the studies and analysing them in detail. It is an absorbing look, given the tremendous change in China that is also changing the world.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLSE Review of Books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Goodman has an eagle eye for what is crucial in China's development. His analysis of the important but under-appreciated role of class and class analysis in modern China should be mandatory reading. The book provides a vital contribution to our understanding of continuity and change in China.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnthony Saich, Harvard Kennedy School\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Class is at the basis of the Chinese Communist revolution, yet today's China is a world away from the class-based politics of the Mao era. In this highly readable and meticulously researched book, David Goodman gives readers a powerful account of what precisely class means in today's China and why it matters. From the emergent middle class to the new classes that make up China's working population, the analysis gives detail that reveals just how complex class has become. The book brings together Goodman's interdisciplinary skills as a historian and political scientist, and it draws from the latest cutting-edge data from within China itself. On a crucial issue shaping China in the twenty-first century, this is a must-read book.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRana Mitter, University China Centre, University of Oxford\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"David Goodman provides a comprehensive and admirably succinct overview of a complex subject with a voluminous literature. This excellent book provides all the tools needed to contextualise and analyse these changes, including a concise theoretical discussion, an overview of class under Mao and, during the reform era, an analysis of the dominant, middle and subordinate classes and a thoughtful discussion about class and the growing economic inequalities in China. I highly recommend it to students and scholars of contemporary Chinese economics, politics and society.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolitical Studies Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This book combines a complete picture of the class structure in twentieth-century China, an analysis of the social effects of thirty years of economic reforms that created a socialist market economy, an evaluation of the ongoing political effects of the restructuring of Chinese society, and a general contribution to the theory of social class and social change. […] The book certainly represents a useful work tool for the newcomer who wants to understand the foundations of the structure and dynamics of class relations in China; but this remarkable overview is above all indispensable reading for those who wish to break with methodological nationalism and to internationalize the sociological discussion of social class.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLectures\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eChoice Outstanding Academic Title for 2015\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMore than three decades of economic growth have led to significant social change in the People�s Republic of China. This timely book examines the emerging structures of class and social stratification: how they are interpreted and managed by the Chinese Communist Party, and how they are understood and lived by people themselves. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e David Goodman details the emergence of a dominant class based on political power and wealth that has emerged from the institutions of the Party-state; a well-established middle class that is closely associated with the Party-state and a not-so-well-established entrepreneurial middle class; and several different subordinate classes in both the rural and urban areas. In doing so, he considers several critical issues: the extent to which the social basis of the Chinese political system has changed and the likely consequences; the impact of change on the old working class that was the socio-political mainstay of state socialism before the 1980s; the extent to which the migrant workers on whom much of the economic power of the PRC since the early 1980s has been based are becoming a new working class; and the consequences of China�s growing middle class, especially for politics. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The result is an invaluable guide for students and non-specialists interested in the contours of ongoing social change in China.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eTables vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaps viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChronology x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbbreviations, Measures and Note on Chinese Names and Transliteration xvi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Introduction: Understanding Class in China 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnderstanding China and class 5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRevolutionary class analysis 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe bourgeoisie within the Party 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClass by ideology; class by occupation 22\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnalysing class in contemporary China 28\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Social Stratification under Reform 34\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMarkers of change 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRural-urban relations 40\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReform and inequality 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStratification and class 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe emergent class structure 58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 The Dominant Class 64\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe political elite 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe economic elite 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePower and wealth 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 The Middle Classes 92\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConsidering the middle class 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSize and wealth 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe aspirational middle class 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe intermediate middle classes 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 The Subordinate Classes 122\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublic-sector workers 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorkers in the non-public sector 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePeasants 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 The Political Economy of Change 149\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMarket transition 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDemocratization 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA new working class 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePeasant activism 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInequality and regime legitimacy 172\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Conclusion: Inequality and Class 177\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInequality 181\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClass 186\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 221\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20\u0026amp;%20anthropology%20%5BJH%5D%22\"\u003eJH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52407323590936,"sku":"9780745653365","price":42.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745653365.jpg?v=1784161843","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/class-in-contemporary-china-hardback-9780745653365","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}