Class and the Communist Party of China, 1978-2021: Reform and Market Socialism
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Authors -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Glossary -- Introduction: class, stratification, market socialism -- 1 Classes in themselves and classes for themselves: social consciousness divorced from social existence -- 2 Class and social mobility: stratification and social change since 1978 -- 3 The performance of class: lifestyles and behaviour -- 4 The peasantry under the impact of industrialization, urbanization and household registration -- 5 Economic growth and working-class decline: structural reform and social change after 1978 -- 6 The middle class in reforming China: the dream of a classless society -- 7 The dominant class after 1978: elite persistence and the ironies of social change -- Bibliography -- Index.