ISBN:
9780199841646
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0199841640
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9780199841639
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0199841632
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0199332665
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9780199332663
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 210 Seiten)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
305.5/50951
Keywords:
2000 - 2099
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes
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Democracy
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Economic development
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Middle class
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Politics and government
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Geschichte
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Politik
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Wirtschaftsentwicklung
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Middle class History 21st century
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Economic development History 21st century
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Democracy History 21st century
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Demokratisierung
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Mittelstand
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Stadt
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China
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China
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Stadt
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Mittelstand
;
Demokratisierung
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-205) and index
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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
DOI:
10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199841639.001.0001
URL:
Volltext
(URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199841639.001.0001
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