01587pab a2200169 454500008004000000100002000040245009000060260000900150300001600159362000800175520111400183650002201297650002601319650002301345650001501368773003401383180718b2005   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aTsai, Kellee S.  aCapitalists without a class: political diversity among private entrepreneurs in China  c2005  ap.1130-158.  aNov  aThis article questions predictions about China's democratic potential based on rising incomes in the private sector. For private entrepreneurs to constitute a democratizing force, structural theories expect two casual links: first, class formation; and second, collective action. This article examines national surveys of business owners, proposes a typology of entrepreneurs' political behavior, and concludes that class formation has not occurred among private entrepreneurs. The absence of a common basis for identity and interaction challenges the hypothesis that China's new capitalists might engage in collective action to demand democracy. Entrepreneurs should, thus, be examined at a lower level of abstraction   rather than lumped into a catchall capitalist "middle class". Taking into account the employment background, social networks, and local political conditions of people in apparently similarly situated groups is essential for explaining political dynamics in transitional contexts where the identities and interests of new economic actors are mediated by prereform experiences. -Reproduced.  aDemocracy - China  aEntrepreneurs - China  aCapitalism - China  aCapitalism  aComparative Political Studies