DISCOVERY OF THE MIDDLE CLASSES IN EAST ASIA

Part I: Overview

• Discovering East Asian Middle Classes:
  Formaton, Differentiation, and Politics

PartII: South Korea

• Studies on the Middle Class in Korea:
  Some Theoretical and Methodological Considerations
• The Social and Political Character of the Korean Middle Classes
• Class Character of Lower White-Collar Workers in Korea:
  Personal Characteristics, Market and Work Situations, and Class Practice

PartIII: Taiwan

• Middle Class and Social and Political Movements in Taiwan:
  Questions and Some Preliminary Observations
• The Composition and Changes of Taiwan's Petty Bourgeoisie: 1976-1978
• Democratic Consensus and Social Cleavage: The Role of Middle Class
  in Polotical Liberalization in Taiwan

PartIV: Hong Kong

• Western Sociological Theories and the Hong Kong New Middle Class
• Hong Kong's New Middle Class: Its Formation and Politics
• The New Middle-Class in Hong Kong: Class in Formation?

PartV: Singapore

• The Rise of the Singapore Midle Class: An Analytic Framework