The Chinese Middle-Class And The Growth Of Middle Class In China

First of all ; “Social is a set of concepts in the social sciences and political theory cantered on models of social stratification in which people are grouped into a set of hierarchical social categories”.(Andrew, 2001) There are three common stratum model ; upper class , middle class and lower class. These classes divided according to little concepts: upper class(wealthy and powerful) owns and controls production; a middle class is small business owners, and low-level directors and a lower class having low-paying wage jobs and rarely getting money but also having enough money to live . The upper class is the social class contains people who are rich or wellborn or both. The middle class also named Bourgeoisie is group of people in society who stay socio-economically between the lower and upper classes. However lower class are those people who employed in low-paying wage jobs also persons with low income.

Why is income inequality an important issue for the Chinese society and its future economic growth?

A healthy robust middle class constitutes the backbone of the social and economic fabric of a country. It is also highly significant for the maintenance of political peace and cultural vibrancy. The reason every country needs to have a healthy middle class is grounded in its ability to minimize the risk of potential class conflicts. Karl Marx (1948) argued that economic history of the world is defined by class related conflicts and these arose from the struggle between haves and have-nots. However Marx did not mention the power of the middle class to minimize these conflicts. Thomas Malthus, the man who had been a strong supporter of population control, was at least wise enough to recognize the importance of the middle class when he wrote in 1803 in his second Essay on Population, "Our best grounded expectations of an increase in the happiness of the mass of human society are founded in the prospect of an increase in the relative proportions of the middle parts."

Democracy, as a word, has many interpretations. Communist countries define themselves as economic democracies. Clearly the opposite is true due to the definition that the Founding Fathers of The United States used. Democracy is defined as having five key characteristics. These principles are the following: majority rule, equality, liberty, necessity of compromise, and individual worth. Majority rule, principle number one, can be broken down into two distinct categories, popular majority and representative majority. Popular majority, in its root definition, means that the majority of all the citizens or all voters are taken into account in the election of governmental offices. The second type of majority rule is representative majority. This

To achieve the prosperity from democracy, for everyone to have an equal say in both political and social ways, there must be a class structure that is equal as well. This is well put in Painter’s novel, “…With most of his fellow citizens, the President believed that the health of the American democracy depended on a fluid class structure, and his own preferred means of discouraging the accumulation of large fortunes was the reduction of protective tariffs. ”(Painter 74). It’s true that when class distribution is uneven democracy starts to erode, because when the rich keep getting richer, they get more powerful and the poor who keep getting poor, lose power and there say in political

According to Gregory Mantsios many American people believed that the classes in the United States were irrelevant, that they believed we reside(ed) in a middle class nation, that we were all getting richer together, and that everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed in life. But what many believed, was far from the truth. In reality the middle class of the United States receives a very small amount of the nation 's wealth, and sixty percent of America 's population receives less than 6 percent of the nation 's wealth, while the top 1 percent of the American population receives 34 percent of the total national wealth. In the article Class in America ( 2009), written by Gregory Mantsios informs us that there are some hu

Thee middle class is constantly referred to as the “working class”. Former President Richard Nixon explains this in his speech address to the nation on labor day September 6, 1971. This speech was given to talk about something Nixon felt America has failed to achieve: a home without war or inflation. In his speech, he describes that this nation is under the impression that “it is immoral… to strive for a higher standard of living” (Nixon). He was explaining that this nation has come to know that where you are is where you stand you do not shift from that position. If you are making a life for yourself, you should be happy. Middle income Americans, however, cannot be held at a stand still. Because so many people make up the middle class, it is always a question to many Americans if they qualify as “middle class”. Richard Fry and Rakesh Kochhar are two of the many minds behind Pew Research Center. PRC is specific on being unbiased and developing har facts from both sides of a situation. In 2016, they made a study that provides a solution of who is considered middle class. It has been proved that over 51% of all workers are a part of the middle class (Fry and Kochhar). Thus, making up a little more than half of what our economy runs on. These middle class people are people with jobs like a secretary, a truck driver, even a high school teacher. These people contribute in everyday life throughout our society. Because the middle class makes up most of what is the working class, they definitely economically benefit the

For starters, we are all vital in understanding the construction of the social class. We each play a role and the middle class is crucial to a stable economic system. To promote further understanding of this inequality, we must accept that the rich keep getting richer and the middle class remains in their current class. If only 400 individuals have more wealth than half of the US population, then there is no denying that there is a struggle for the middle class. The one percent accumulates most of the country’s total income and wealth, which creates an overall gap between the classes. Consumer spending is 70% of the US economy, basically, the middle class is the heart of the economy since they spend

Democracy, while imperfect, is the system of ruling prevalent in vast tracks of the world. Despite this, democracy is not a uniform system with every country practicing its democracy in slightly unique ways.

Innovations grounded in industrialization paved the way for shifting lifestyle for Europeans and Americans. Between 1700 and 1830, much of America and Europe experienced a rise in innovation, propelling product design. Previously, manufacturers utilized basic tools and machinery. As a result, mass production, improved transportation and communication surfaced. There was an increased volume and variety of products. Because of the varietal increase among products, designed objects helped distinguish social hierarchy both nationally and individually. Nationally, in the sense that the object was owned by most people perhaps among the middle class. Individually, in the sense that most members of the upper class wanted objects specifically

Almost every American adults in the United States of America has to fill out a tax return to see if those still owe the government some money, or if those will get some back from the government. A recurring thought in the mind of many of these adults is,” How can my taxes be this high”. The middle class is supposed to be living comfortably and not have to live their lives worrying about money. But, in today’s United States the middle class has to worry about money every single day. The upper class is almost being penalized for earning too much money based on the percentages that they have to hand over to the government. The businesses that once were able to create jobs are now having to cut jobs because of the astronomical percentages

Most of us have good education, which lead to above average jobs; we then settle down to raise our families, mostly in the upscale parts of the cities in America. The rest of our focuses are on our next generation so that they can be on the same track or better than our own. We come from the most populous country in the world, but one with a single dominating ethnic group (almost 100% are Han Chinese in major cities). Since the start of Chinese history, caring about people outside our race is never our thing, but equality has been the biggest social issue for thousands of years. “Inequality, rather than want, is the cause of trouble,” (不患寡而患不均) from Confucius Analects 2500 years ago, the adage that runs in our blood is still with most of us today, even while coexisting in this melting pot society for

As many other countries around the world China has its long history of a struggle for equality and prosperity against tyrants and dictatorships. The establishment of People’s Republic of China in 1949 seemed to have put an end to that struggle for a better life. “The Chinese people have stood up!” declared Mao Tse-tung, the chairman of China’s Communist Party (CPP) – a leading political force in the country for the time. The people were defined as a coalition of four social classes: the workers, the peasants, the petite bourgeoisie and the national-capitalists. The four classes were to be led buy the CPP, as the leader of the working class.

Democracy varies in every country depending on the type of government or regime they have. There is the liberal democracy, which is all about giving people their rights and liberties; everything is done through fair voting and electing. The people are aware of everything that happens in their government. Illiberal democracies are basically the same as liberal, but the people in power are more secretive of their activities, and there is less civil liberty. It is essentially a partial democracy. Now Authoritarian regimes designate any political system that concentrates power in the hands of one leader or a small elite. There are no free elections and very little regard for the law. Political institutions, social structures, and the democratic rule of law all affect liberal, illiberal, and authoritarian regimes democratic quality differently.

In the "Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy", the author Barrington Moore Jr. discusses or presents how the upper class and peasants were represented in different in the processes like democracy, fascism, and communism. In the book, Barrington separates the book into 2 parts. Part I focuses on the process to achieving democracy and capitalism in the cases of England, France and the United States of America. Part II of the book focuses on communism, fascism, and an Asian form of democracy for the countries of China, Japan, and India respectively. While there is a lot of material to discuss, reading about the evolutions of these country 's political systems was interesting to read and makes you think about how far we have come not