1st Edition
China's Housing Middle Class Changing Urban Life in Gated Communities
Introduction: The Emergence of China’s Housing Middle Class: Home Ownership, Gate Communities and Life Chances in Urban China
1. Prestige and Privilege: Three Types of Gated Community and Two Groups of Housing Middle Class
2. Formation of China’s Housing Middle Class: Home Ownership and "The System" Impact
3. Privilege beyond Salary: Reward Distribution and Socioeconomic Status
4. Bifurcated Lifestyles: Consumption, Social Relationships and Perceptions
5. Middle Class Homeowner Activism: The Limits of Participation in Neighbourhood Governance
Conclusion: The Housing Middle Class and Social Stratification in Urban China
Biography
Beibei Tang is Associate Professor in the Department of China Studies at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China.
