Availability: In Stock

Class and the Communist Party of China, 1921-1978 Revolution and Social Change 1st Edition

SKU: 9781000545630

Original price was: $51.99.Current price is: $24.99.

Access Class and the Communist Party of China, 1921-1978 Revolution and Social Change 1st Edition Now. Discount up to 90%

Categories: ,

Additional information

Full Title

Class and the Communist Party of China, 1921-1978 Revolution and Social Change 1st Edition

Author(s)

Marc Blecher, David S G Goodman, Yingjie Guo, Jean-Louis Rocca, Tony Saich

Edition

1st Edition

ISBN

9781000545630, 9781032185101, 9781003254898, 9781032185095, 9781000545616

Publisher

Routledge

Format

PDF and EPUB

Description

Examining the interaction between the Communist Party of China (CCP) and specific social categories (including peasants, workers, the middle classes, and the dominant class), with a focus on class and class discourse, this volume analyses the CCP’s impact on social change in China between 1921 and 1978. By exploring the CCP’s evolving discourse of class, this book demonstrates that, while class has retained its centrality, its meaning has been re-articulated from an ideological-political tool to a less meaningful signifier, though always used instrumentality. By examining the impact of the CCP’s policies and discourse surrounding class, it also reveals how its own policies since 1921 have shaped the CCP’s current (2021) perspectives on class and stratification. This volume, through an analysis of economic, political, and cultural inequalities in Chinese society even after 1949, also reveals the emergence of a diverse and often overlooked middle class in Chinese society during the 1950s. Delivering a detailed analysis of how the CCP has developed its practical approaches to class and mobilization, this study will be of interest to students and scholars of Chinese politics, Chinese history, Asian politics, and Asian studies.