Labor and Class Identities in Hong Kong
Class Processes in a Neoliberal Global City
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ISBN-13:
9781137517555
Veröffentl:
2016
Einband:
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Erscheinungsdatum:
26.02.2016
Seiten:
216
Autor:
C. Lee
Gewicht:
411 g
Format:
222x145x17 mm
Serie:
Series in Asian Labor and Welfare Policies
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Based on numerous qualitative interviews, this cutting edge book investigates how Hong Kong's economic structure and neoliberal policies have contributed to class inequality in China's global city. Inspired by Bourdieu's approach to class, the author examines class stratification in education, works, and political attitudes and argues that the lack of explicit class identifications among the people does not imply irrelevance of class. Relying upon empirical field data to question the applicability of the reflexive modernization theory, the text debates whether individualization makes class a redundant concept in advanced capitalist societies.
Based on numerous qualitative interviews, this cutting edge book investigates how Hong Kong's economic structure and neoliberal policies have contributed to class inequality in China's global city. Inspired by Bourdieu's approach to class, the author examines class stratification in education, works, and political attitudes and argues that the lack of explicit class identifications among the people does not imply irrelevance of class. Relying upon empirical field data to question the applicability of the reflexive modernization theory, the text debates whether individualization makes class a redundant concept in advanced capitalist societies.
1. Introduction
2. Studying Class Processes in Hong Kong: Approach and Method
3. Education and Childhood
4. Work
5. Class, Politics, and Democratization
6. Class Identification
7. Hong Kong-China Integration, Neoliberalization, and the Young Lower Class in Hong Kong
8. Classed Experience in a Neoliberal Global City
2. Studying Class Processes in Hong Kong: Approach and Method
3. Education and Childhood
4. Work
5. Class, Politics, and Democratization
6. Class Identification
7. Hong Kong-China Integration, Neoliberalization, and the Young Lower Class in Hong Kong
8. Classed Experience in a Neoliberal Global City