Middle Class Identities and Social Crisis: Cultural and Political Perspectives on the Global Rebellion [Paperback]

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.

This book explores the dynamics of the middle-class global rebellion born of the frustration at declining living standards. Addressing narratives constructed by different social and political agents and groups, it examines contexts of social crisis in Latin America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Oceania, understanding the middle classes as a set of complex and conflicting political relationships. With attention to the manner in which people create situated habits , consolidating new expectations and desires through a concrete biography, it analyzes continuities and changes in classed self-perceptions based on performative use.

With new perspectives, including historical and intersectional approaches, Middle Class Identities and Social Crisis transcends disciplinary boundaries to explore the hybridity of research methods and techniques and challenge established analytical frameworks. It will therefore appeal to scholars across the social sciences with interests in class and questions of class identity.

Introduction. Configuring the Middle Class Alejandro Grimson, Menara Guizardi, and Silvina Merenson  1.Unequal and Divided: The Middle Classes in Contemporary Brazil S?rgio 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 Mar?a-Luisa M?ndez and Modesto Gayo  4.The Middle Classeslc3