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Informationen zum Autor By Omar Pereyra Klappentext In the last decades, the Latin American middle class is growing in size while becoming more heterogeneous. Sustained economic growth explains its increasing size, but behind its heterogeneity there is not only the diversification of lifestyles, but also the crystallization of a large process of upward social mobility of second and third generation migrants to capital cities and their incorporation into middle-class positions. In the last decades, these individuals are now part of the different spheres of socialization formerly occupied by the traditional middle class: private schools, college and universities, middle-class jobs and occupations, and traditional middle-class neighborhoods. To explore the genesis of this phenomenon and its consequences, the author studies Residential San Felipe, a quintessential traditional middle-class neighborhood in Lima, Peru, which is currently receiving an important influx of upwardly mobile families. The case of San Felipe shows that inside the contemporary middle class a strong boundary between the "traditional middle class" and the "new middle class" permeates the everyday life of the neighborhood. However, though this difference between the "traditional" and "new middle class" is recognized by all residents of San Felipe, its relevance as well as the elements at the basis of this distinction varies. Zusammenfassung This book is about the transformation of the contemporary Peruvian middle class. Scholars interested in Latin American stratification and urbanization will find this book informative about two oft neglected! but highly relevant! topics in the region: the middle classes and the formal area of the city. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Approaching the Latin American Middle-ClassChapter 1: San Felipe and the Transformation of the Social and Urban SpaceChapter 2: Trajectories: Sanfelipanos Merge in PlaceChapter 3: Boundaries: Sanfelipanos Evaluate their NeighborsChapter 4: Controlling Common Space: Making Local Power WorkConclusions: Groups, Classes and Generations...
