CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2016
| Author | Miao, Shuo |
|---|---|
| Title | Development without self-empowerment? Limited demand for political liberties among China's new middle class |
| Summary | This study tries to explore political values and perceptions of respondents from China’s creative class through in-depth interviewing, with specific focuses on whether they have developed substantial demands for democracy and on how much individual autonomy they possess. Through a thematic analysis of the interview materials, I find that while they are generally satisfied with their living standards and possess adequate material and social autonomy in private life, they have perceived limitations in their understandings and experience of politics so they do not feel intellectually empowered to make autonomous political judgments. Moreover, they have sensed a lack of political efficacy under the current authoritarian regime, thus will not consider taking actions to promote political freedom. For above reasons, though they generally hold positive views toward democratic values, they do not strongly demand the actualisation of those political liberties. |
| Supervisor | Sgier, Lea. |
| Department | Political Science MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2016/miao_shuo.pdf |
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