The Paradox of Middle-Class Attitudes in China: Democracy, Social Stability, and Reform

The Paradox of Middle-Class Attitudes in China: Democracy, Social Stability, and Reform

This article explores the seemingly paradoxical attitudes of the Chinese middle class towards democracy, social stability, and reform. Using fieldwork data from Ningbo, this article shows that a group of objective, middle-class individuals can concurrently display high levels of support for democrat...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ying Miao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2016-01-01
Series:Journal of Current Chinese Affairs
Subjects:
Survey and interview
Sociology
Political Science
China
Chinese middle class
social stability
political reform
political expectation
PX incident
300
320
Contemporary
Middle class sample by objective criteria
n=182
Online Access:https://journals.sub.uni-hamburg.de/giga/jcca/article/view/950

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