A middle class without democracy: economic growth and the prospects for democratization in China
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1. Verfasser: Chen, Jie (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York Oxford University Press c2013
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-205) and index
List of tables and figures -- Preface -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction: the contingent middle class -- China's middle class : definition and evolution -- How does the middle class view democracy and the government? -- Why does or does not the middle class support democracy? -- The impact of democratic support on the middle class's political -- Behavior -- Conclusion: contingent democratic supporters and prospects for -- Democracy -- Appendix: List of in-depth interviews conducted in Beijing, Chengdu, and Xian in 2008 -- References -- Index
What kind of role can the middle class play in potential democratization in such an undemocratic, late developing country as China? To answer this profound political as well as theoretical question, Jie Chen explores attitudinal and behavioral orientation of China's new middle class to democracy based on a probability-sample survey and in-depth interviews of residents in the Chinese cities of Beijing, Chengdu, and Xi'an
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 210 Seiten)
ISBN:9780199841646
0199841640
9780199841639
0199841632
0199332665
9780199332663
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199841639.001.0001

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