Middle class or propertied class? Class politics and urban redevelopment in contemporary Asia

Abstract

It would not be an exaggeration to say that half of Bangkok's landed families became real estate developers and the other half became real estate investors and speculators. (Sheng and Kirinpanu (2000), writing in reference to the massive real estate bubble that built up in the years leading up to the 1997–1998 Asian financial crisis)

Citation

Shatkin, G. (2010), "Middle class or propertied class? Class politics and urban redevelopment in contemporary Asia", Go, J. (Ed.) Political Power and Social Theory (Political Power and Social Theory, Vol. 21), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 269-279. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0198-8719(2010)0000021015