Class Conflict in Chinese Socialism / Richard Curt Kraus.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kraus, Richard Curt, author.

Series:

Studies of the East Asian Institute.

Studies of the East Asian Institute Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communism--China.

Communism.

Social classes--China.

Social classes.

Social conflict.

Social structure.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [1981]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Explores the Chinese Communist Party's commitment to elaborating programs and institutions to mobilize the support of the impoverished and oppressed against the wealthy classes since the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

1. Introduction: The Problem of Class in Socialist China

2. Two Models of Social Stratification

3. Socialist Transformation and the Displacement of Class

4. The Maoist Revival of Class

5. Class as Political Behavior

6. Class as Caste

7. Class and the State

8. China After Mao: More Inequality and Less Class Analysis

Appendix. The Two Stratification Systems

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780231879866

0231879865

OCLC:

1100445698