{"product_id":"class-in-contemporary-china-david-s-g-goodman-9780745653372","title":"Class in Contemporary China","description":"\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David S. G. Goodman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0745653375\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780745653372\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Polity Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.80w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2015 pg. 1409","brand":"David S. G. Goodman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43925865529599,"sku":"9780745653372","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_94c6d411-1d17-49db-87ef-50097be8e49c.jpg?v=1681079831","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/class-in-contemporary-china-david-s-g-goodman-9780745653372","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}