Middle Class Identities and Social Crisis: Cultural and Political Perspectives on the 'Global Rebellion'

ISBN-13: 9781032331881 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 272 str.

Grimson, Alejandro

Opis

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.

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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