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China's new patterns of social stratification
Author(s) -
RAY D. M.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
australian journal of politics and history
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 1467-8497
pISSN - 0004-9522
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8497.1970.tb01309.x
Subject(s) - china , elite , oligarchy , communism , bourgeoisie , social stratification , political science , politics , political economy , social class , development economics , sociology , law , economics , democracy
Until 1962 the Chinese communist policies of class conflict had been directed at the remnants of China's precommunist class structure. After 1962 the Maoist oligarchy had to concern itself not only with the continuing influence of the ‘bourgeois ideas’ of the old China, but with new patterns of social stratification which had been created by the communist regime. Despite the efforts of Mao Tse‐tung, the party and the government cadres have increasingly become an elite set apart from the population. The purpose of this article will be to briefly examine this phenomenum and its impact on Chinese politics.