02865    a2200409   4500001001100000005001700011008004000028020001800068037003600086040000700122041000800129072001400137072001500151072001500166072001600181072001500197072001600212072001200228072001300240072001300253072001400266072001300280072001600293072002100309072002100330072002100351072002100372072002100393072002200414100001600436245007500452250000600527260003200533300001000565520186500575999001502440135163003220250317111600.0250312042017GB        5           eng    a9781351630030  bTaylor & FranciscGBP 49.99fBB  a01  aeng7 aJP2thema7 aGTM2thema7 aJHB2thema7 aJBSA2thema7 aJBF2thema7 a1FPC2bisac7 aJP2bic7 aGTB2bic7 aJHB2bic7 aJFSC2bic7 aJFF2bic7 a1FPC2bisac7 aPOL0540002bisac7 aSOC0080002bisac7 aSOC0260002bisac7 aSOC0500002bisac7 aSOC0530002bisac7 a305.5509512bisac1 aBeibei Tang10aChina's Housing Middle ClassbChanging Urban Life in Gated Communities  a1  aOxfordbRoutledgec20171025  a170 p  bHome ownership plays a significant role in locating the middle class in most western societies, associated with market, consumerism, democracy and “people like us”, the significant features of the middle class for any society. In China, private home ownership was not the norm from 1949, when the Chinese Communist Party took power, until the 1990s. In the past three decades, however, there has been a fast growing housing consumption and private homeowners have become the most significantly changing aspect of Chinese urban life. In particular, the rise of gated communities has become a predominant feature of the urban landscape. Similar to their western counterparts, the gated communities in China exemplify “high status” symbols with enclosed and restricted residential areas, exclusive community parks and recreational facilities, and professional management and security services. But different from western societies where gated communities usually represent luxurious lifestyles only limited to a small group of people, in urban China gated communities have become one major form of supply in the housing market and one of the most popular and desirable choices for homebuyers. Private home ownership and residency in gated communities, altogether characterize the most significant aspect of comfort living and distinct lifestyles of China’s new middle classes who have successfully got ahead in the socialist market economy. This book examines the formation of “China’s housing middle class”. It develops a theoretical argument about, and provides empirical evidence of the heterogeneity of China’s new middle class, which underlines the relations between the state, market and life chances under a socialist market economy. As such it will be of huge interest to students and scholars of Chinese society, sociology and politics.  c4008d4008