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

• Pubblicazione: Bingley, UK, : Emerald, 2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (347 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.2
• Soggetto topico: Power (Social sciences); Social sciences - Philosophy
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: GoJulian <1970->
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Political power and social theory
• ISBN: 1-282-96402-X; 9786612964022; 0-85724-326-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910460306503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Political Power and Social Theory, 21