1. The Future of China and the Chinese Urban Middle Class
... agent for the establishment of democracy. Moreover, modernization theorists assume that this developmental path is linear − economic development creates an affluent middle class in a society, which, in turn, leads to a democratic system − and can be generalized to all countries and regions (Glassman, 1995, 1997) The other section of the middle class, who seems to hold a more applicable demand for political reform are ... to ensure that only members the state would approve get elected. The CCP main objective was economic prosperity, however the demands of the business sector, split i...
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