Middle Class Without Democracy: Economic Growth and the Prospects for Democratization in China

by Jie Chen

Book Overview

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 and democratization. Chen's work is based on a unique set of data collected from a probability-sample survey and in-depth interviews of residents in three...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199841632
• ISBN13: 9780199841639
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"