Political power and social theory. Vol. 21 / edited by Julian Go.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Go, Julian, 1970-

Series:

Political Power and Social Theory, 21

Political power and social theory, 0198-8719

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Power (Social sciences).

Political sociology.

Social sciences--Philosophy.

Social sciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (347 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bingley, UK : Emerald, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Political Power and Social Theory is an annual review, committed to advancing our interdisciplinary, critical understanding of the linkages between social relations, political power, and historical development. Alongside peer-reviewed chapters dealing with a diversity of topics, this volume contains a special section on the politics of the new middle class in the global south and post-socialist societies. Over the past few decades, globalization and urbanization have contributed to the development of a newly educated urban middle class around the world, but this new class has been rarely studied. Filling this void, the chapters in this section examine the middle classes in the developing world in areas as diverse as the Middle East, India, South Africa, the former Soviet Union, and Latin America. This is one of the only volumes examining the new urban middle classes in emerging economies. Exploring identity-formation, social change, urbanization and politics among the new middle class, the chapters together offer new insights on this understudied social group and raise provocative questions about politics and social change in the early 21st century around the globe.

Contents:

'Autonomy from what?' Populism, universities, and the U.S. poetry field, 1910-1975 / Baris Büyükokutan

Monetary orders, financial dependence, and idea selection : the international constraints on American monetary policy, 1961-1963 / Aaron Major

Introduction / Gay Seidman

The dog that didn't bark : the political complacence of the emerging middle class (with illustrations from the Middle East) / Eva Bellin

The end of communism in Central and Eastern Europe : the last middle-class revolution? / Grzegorz Ekiert

The spatial dynamics of middle-class formation in post-apartheid South Africa : enclavization and fragmentation in Johannesburg / Amy Kracker Selzer, Patrick Heller

The contested spaces of Chile's middle classes / Joel Stillerman

The middle class in India : a social formation or political actor? / Devesh Kapur

The sociospatial reconfiguration of middle classes and their impact on politics and development in the global south : preliminary ideas for future research / Diane E. Davis

Middle class or propertied class? Class politics and urban redevelopment in contemporary Asia / Gavin Shatkin

Spatializing distinction in cities of the global south : volatile terrains of morality and citizenship / Ryan Centner

Revolution 'from the middle' : historical events, narrative, and the making of the middle class in the contemporary developing world / Celso M. Villegas

'The middle class' : sociological category or proper noun / Raka Ray

Rejoinder : subject or subjects? / Diane E. Davis.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record

ISBN:

1-282-96402-X

9786612964022

0-85724-326-8

OCLC:

743202081