Labor and Class Identities in Hong Kong
Chun-Wing Lee
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Description for Labor and Class Identities in Hong Kong
Hardback. This cutting edge volume investigates how Hong Kong's economic structure and neoliberal policies have contributed to class inequality in China's global city. Specific topics include educational stratification, attitudes towards works, political attitudes, and class identifications. Series: Series in Asian Labor and Welfare Policies. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; JFFJ; JFFN; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 400.
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.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
Series
Series in Asian Labor and Welfare Policies
Number of Pages
202
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137517555
SKU
V9781137517555
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Chun-Wing Lee
Chun Wing Lee is Lecturer at Hong Kong Community College, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China. He obtained his PhD in Sociology from the University of Manchester, UK. His research interests include class analysis, social movement, and the political/sociological aspects of sports.
Reviews for Labor and Class Identities in Hong Kong
Lui Tai-lok, Professor of Sociology at Hong Kong University, Hong Kong. I must say that I read this book proposal with mixed feelings. On the one hand, I do like to see another research monograph on social class in East Asia in print form. This is an under-published area and a lot of exciting research questions have been cropping up ... Read more