New Rich in China

David S G Goodman is Professor of Contemporary China Studies at the University of Technology, Sydney. In the 1990s he created the project to examine the New Rich in Asia, also published by Routledge.

• Part 1: Introduction 1. The New Rich in China: The Consequences of Social Change David Goodman and Xiaowei Zang Part 2: Class, Status, and Power 2. Why There is No New Middle Class David Goodman 3. Class and Stratum: The Politics of Description Yingjie Guo 4. Social Status Xiaowei Zang Part 3: Agencies and Structures 5. CEOs and the Corporate Sector Colin Hawes 6. Women Entrepreneurs and Local Politics Minglu Chen 7. The Professional Middle Classes: Management and Politics Ivan Cucco 8. Lawyers, Doctors and Professors Jingqing Yang 9. Small Town Entrepreneurs Beatriz Carrillo 10. National Minority Entrepreneurs and Activists Tim Oakes and Wu Xiaoping Part 4: Life Styles 11. "What’s in a High-Class Neighbourhood?” Housing and Ethical Self-Government for Beijing’s New Rich Luigi Tomba 12. Cultural Constructions Stephanie Helmyrk Donald 13. New Symbolic Wealth: The Best Things Come in Small Boxes Carolyn Cartier 14. The Maid’s Story: New Rich Family Life Styles Sun Wanning 15. Women in Public Louise Edwards 16. For Love or Money? Commercial Sex and the New Rich in Reform-Era China Elaine Jeffreys

"Students of social stratification in China will have much to learn (and debate) from this book. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above." -- J. Li, CHOICE July 2009 Vol. 46 No. 11'The New Rich in China will be a fine reader to anchor an advanced course in Chinese politics or in a comparative course of social stratification.' - Deborah Davis, The China Quarterly, 196, December 2008