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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460306503321

Titolo

Political power and social theory . Volume 21 [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Julian Go

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bingley, UK, : Emerald, 2010

ISBN

1-282-96402-X

9786612964022

0-85724-326-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (347 p.)

Collana

Political power and social theory ; ; vol. 21

Altri autori (Persone)

GoJulian <1970->

Disciplina

306.2

Soggetti

Power (Social sciences)

Social sciences - Philosophy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Front cover; Political Power and Social Theory; Copyright page; Contents; List of contributors; Senior Editorial Board; Student editorial board; Editorial statement; Editor's introduction; Part I: Poets, Power, and Finance in the United States; Chapter 1.''Autonomy from whatquest'' Populism, universities, and the U.S. poetry field, 1910-1975; Chapter 2.Monetary orders, financial dependence, and idea selection: the international constraints on American Monetary Policy, 1961-1963; Part II: The Politics of the Middle Class in Developing Countries; Chapter 3.Guest Editor Introduction

Chapter 4.The end of communism in Central and Eastern Europe: The last middle-class revolutionquestChapter 5.The dog that didn't bark: The political complacence of the emerging middle class (with Illustrations from the Middle East); Chapter 6.The middle class in India: a social formation or political actorquest; Chapter 7.The spatial dynamics of middle-class formation in postapartheid South Africa: enclavization and fragmentation in Johannesburg; Chapter 8.The contested spaces of Chile's middle classes; Part III: Scholarly Controversy: Configurations of the Middle Class

Chapter 9.The sociospatial reconfiguration of middle classes and their



impact on politics and development in the global south: preliminary ideas for future researchChapter 10.Middle class or propertied classquest Class politics and urban redevelopment in contemporary Asia; Chapter 11.Spatializing distinction in cities of the global south: Volatile terrains of morality and citizenship; Chapter 12.Revolution ''from the middle'': historical events, narrative, and the making of the middle class in the contemporary developing world

Chapter 13.''The middle class'': Sociological category or proper nounquestChapter 14.Rejoinder: subject or subjectsquest

Sommario/riassunto

Exploring identity-formation, social change, urbanization and politics among the "new middle class" in the global south and post-socialist societies this volume offers new insights on this understudied social group and raises provocative questions about politics and social change in the early 21st century around the globe.