Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. 1. How Narratives Shape Institutional Change 1
5. 2. Narratives and the Socialist Stratification System 31
6. 3. Harbin: From Paris of the East to the Rust Belt 54
7. 4. The Path of Power: Revising the Meaning of Political Capital 81
8. 5. Constructing Entrepreneurship: The Moral Meaning of Money 122
9. 6. Trust in Knowledge: Human Capital and the Emerging Suzhi Hierarchy 157
10. 7. The Narrative Construction of Class and Status under Market Socialism: The Emerging Suzhi Hierarchy 181
11. Appendix 1. Fieldwork Sites and Interview Sample and Questions 191
12. Appendix 2. Glossary of Chinese Terms 197
13. Notes 201
14. Bibliography 205
15. Index 217