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Labor and Class Identities in Hong Kong

Class Processes in a Neoliberal Global City

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Authors:
  1. Chun Wing Lee

Part of the book series: Series in Asian Labor and Welfare Policies (Series in Asian Labor and Welfare Policies)

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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.

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    • Chun Wing Lee
    Pages 1-17

  3. Studying Class Processes in Hong Kong: Approach and Method

    • Chun Wing Lee
    Pages 19-30

  4. Childhood and Education

    • Chun Wing Lee
    Pages 31-53

  5. Work

    • Chun Wing Lee
    Pages 55-88

  6. Class, Politics, and Democratization

    • Chun Wing Lee
    Pages 89-108

  7. Class Identification

    • Chun Wing Lee
    Pages 109-121

  8. Hong Kong-China Integration, Neoliberalization, and the Young Lower Class in Hong Kong

    • Chun Wing Lee
    Pages 123-139

  9. Classed Experience in a Neoliberal Global City

    • Chun Wing Lee
    Pages 141-155

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 157-202
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About the author

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.

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