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Middle Class Identities and Social Crisis - Cultural and Political Perspectives on the ‘Global Rebellion’

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Understanding the middle classes as a set of complex political relationships and examining continuities and changes in classed self-perceptions, this book explores the dynamics of the global middle class rebellion in contexts of social crisis in Latin America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Oceania.

List of contents

Introduction. Configuring the Middle Class Alejandro Grimson, Menara Guizardi, and Silvina Merenson 1.Unequal and Divided: The Middle Classes in Contemporary Brazil Sérgio Costa 2.Middle Sectors and Classes in Colombia: Confluences and Contrasts between Bogota and Tumaco Eduardo Restrepo 3.Middle-Class Political and Cultural Subjectivities in the Chilean Social Outburst: Meritocracy, Social Justice, and Malaise María-Luisa Méndez and Modesto Gayo 4.The Middle Classes in Bolivia: "Not a Good Idea"? Amaru Villanueva Rance, Eduardo Paz Gonzales, and Susanna Rance 5.The Russian Middle Class: A Sociological Observation Jouko Nikula, Mikhail Chernysh, and Harri Melin 6.The Middle Class in Portugal and Brazil: from Consent to Rebellion (2011-2013) Elísio Estanque 7.Political Struggles and the Transformation of the Conservative Middle Class in Turkey Aksu Akçaoğlu 8.Searching for a Global Middle Class in Nairobi and Berlin Gunter Weidenhaus and Eva Korte 9.Surveillance and the Selva? Digital Middle-Class Identities in Angola and across the South Atlantic Jess Auerbach 10.The Malaise of the Chinese Middle Class Jean-Louis Rocca 11.'Middle-class' Educational Strategies and Right-wing Politics in Australia: From Conflict to Consensus? Joel Windle

About the author

Alejandro Grimson is full researcher at the National Council for Scientific and Technical Research and Full Professor in the Interdisciplinary School of Higher Social Studies at the National University of San Martín, Argentina.
Menara Guizardi is an adjunct researcher at the National Council for Scientific and Technical Research and at the Interdisciplinary School of Higher Social Studies at the National University of San Martín, Argentina and associate researcher at the University of Tarapacá, Chile.
Silvina Merenson is an adjunct researcher at the National Council for Scientific and Technical Research and adjunct professor in the School of Higher Social Studies at the National University of San Martín, Argentina.

Summary

Understanding the middle classes as a set of complex political relationships and examining continuities and changes in classed self-perceptions, this book explores the dynamics of the global middle class rebellion in contexts of social crisis in Latin America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Oceania.

Product details

Assisted by Alejandro Grimson (Editor), Grimson Alejandro (Editor), Menara Guizardi (Editor), Silvina Merenson (Editor)
Publisher Taylor and Francis
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 26.08.2024
 
EAN 9781032331898
ISBN 978-1-032-33189-8
No. of pages 236
Weight 460 g
Illustrations schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, Raster,schwarz-weiss, Zeichnungen, schwarz-weiss, Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
Series Entangled Inequalities: Exploring Global Asymmetries
Subjects Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general)
Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories

Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity

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