Searching for a different future : the rise of a global middle class in Morocco / Shana Cohen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cohen, Shana, 1966-

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Middle class--Morocco.

Middle class.

Globalization--Social aspects--Morocco.

Globalization.

Globalization--Economic aspects--Morocco.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Other Title:

Rise of a global middle class in Morocco

Place of Publication:

Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Cohen studies the Moroccan middle class's varied transnational identifications with a global market economy, as these identifications bear on middle class citizens' increasing detachment from the nation state and its local political economies.

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Note on Translations and Transcriptions; 1. Global Market Capitalism and Social Change; 2. National Development and the Formation of the Modern Middle Class; 3. New Social Groups for a New Era; 4. A Generation of Fuyards; Conclusion: Economic Insecurity and Social Formation; Notes; References; Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record

Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-168) and index.

ISBN:

9786613064851

9781283064859

1283064855

9780822385936

0822385937

OCLC:

652289964