The New Rich in Asia Mobile phones, McDonalds and middle-class revolution

• Other Authors: Robinson, Richard 1943- (Editor), Goodman, David S. G. (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: London Routledge 1996
• Series: The new rich in Asia
• Subjects: Social change > Asia; Asia > 1945- > Economic conditions
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• Item Description: Includes index
• Physical Description: xii, 253 pages illustrations 18 cm
• ISBN: 0415113350; 9780415113359

This is the first volume in the The New Rich in Asia series which examines the economic, social and political construction of the 'new rich' in the countries and territories of East and South East Asia, as well as their impact internationally. From a western perspective the rise of the emergent business and professional class may seem very familiar. However, it is far from clear that those newly enriched by the processes of modernization in East and South East Asia are readily comparable with the middle classes of the West. For example, civil and human rights seem to play a different role in social, political and economic change, and the State is clearly more central as an agent of economic development. This volume is the essential introduction to the series, and identifies the 'new rich' phenomenon in Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Korea, China, Hong Kong and Taiwan