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Labor and Class Identities in Hong Kong C. Lee

Labor and Class Identities in Hong Kong By C. Lee

Labor and Class Identities in Hong Kong by C. Lee


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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.

Labor and Class Identities in Hong Kong Summary

Labor and Class Identities in Hong Kong: Class Processes in a Neoliberal Global City by C. Lee

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.

About C. 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.

Table of Contents

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

Additional information

NLS9781349704156
9781349704156
1349704156
Labor and Class Identities in Hong Kong: Class Processes in a Neoliberal Global City by C. Lee
New
Paperback
Palgrave Macmillan
2017-03-02
202
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