School of Sociology, University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, China.
Department of Sociology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Br J Sociol. 2021 Jun;72(3):543-565. doi: 10.1111/1468-4446.12848. Epub 2021 May 10.
Various "rich lists" indicate that China now has one of the highest percentages of super rich people worldwide. However, very little is known about their sociopolitical profiles. Based on the annual Hurun China Rich Lists from 2000 to 2018, we created a new dataset of China's super rich that combines information from various sources. Using a multiple correspondent analysis, we reveal that the social spaces of China's super rich are derived from their political, cultural, and social capital. The Chinese super rich are mainly distinguished by their cultural and political capital, while their social capital is not fully independent from political capital. We also identify a division among the super-rich who first appeared on the rich list during different periods. These divisions can inform the understanding of the emergence of the super-rich in an economy that has only recently embraced capitalism and can help predict their evolution in an increasingly glocalized system.
各种“富豪榜”显示，中国现在拥有全球最高比例的超级富豪之一。然而，对于他们的社会政治背景却知之甚少。基于 2000 年至 2018 年胡润中国富豪榜，我们创建了一个新的中国超级富豪数据集，该数据集结合了来自不同来源的信息。通过多对应分析，我们揭示了中国超级富豪的社会空间源自他们的政治、文化和社会资本。中国的超级富豪主要以文化和政治资本为特征，而他们的社会资本并不完全独立于政治资本。我们还发现，在不同时期首次登上富豪榜的超级富豪之间存在着一种分化。这些分化可以帮助我们理解在一个刚刚接受资本主义的经济体中超级富豪的出现，并有助于预测他们在日益全球化的体系中的演变。
