Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 210 Seiten)
ISBN:
9780199841646
,
0199841640
,
9780199841639
,
0199841632
,
0199332665
,
9780199332663
Anmerkung:
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
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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
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 978-0-19-984163-9
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Politologie
,
Soziologie
Schlagwort(e):
China
;
Stadt
;
Mittelstand
;
Demokratisierung
DOI:
10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199841639.001.0001
URL:
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