1st Edition

The New Rich in China Future rulers, present lives

Edited By David Goodman Copyright 2008
316 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

316 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

320 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Three decades of reform since 1978 in the People’s Republic of China have resulted in the emergence of new social groups which have included new occupations and professions generated as the economy has opened up and developed and, most spectacularly given the legacy of state socialism, the identification of those who are regarded as wealthy. However, although China’s new rich are certainly a... Read more

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

 

Biography

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.

"Students of social stratification in China will have much to learn (and debate) from this book.  Summing Up: Highly recommended.  Upper-division undergraduates and above." -- J. Li, CHOICE July 2009 Vol. 46 No. 11

'The New Rich in China will be a fine reader to anchor an advanced course in Chinese politics or in a comparative course of social stratification.' -  Deborah Davis, The China Quarterly, 196, December 2008