Doing being middle-class in the global South: comparative perspectives and conceptual challenges
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DOI: 10.1017/s0001972020000029
Abstract: Abstract Like many key terms in history and the social sciences, ‘middle class’ is at once a category ‘of social and political analysis’ and a category ‘of social and political practice’, in Rogers Brubaker and… read more here.
Keywords: south comparative; class global; middle class; class ... See more keywords
The challenge of researching “partial exit” and “rootedness” among upper-middle classes in European cities
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DOI: 10.1080/02723638.2018.1472443
Abstract: ABSTRACT The rise of mobilities has paved the way for important changes within cities and the possibility for urban upper-middle classes to exit from their cities and national societies, disinvesting on them, while still taking… read more here.
Keywords: middle classes; partial exit; rootedness; upper middle ... See more keywords
Positionings of the black middle-classes: understanding identity construction beyond strategic assimilation
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DOI: 10.17863/cam.9367
Abstract: ABSTRACTThis paper explores the identities of Britain’s black middle-classes. Drawing upon interviews with seventy-two participants, I theorize a ‘triangle of identity’. This triangle emphasizes ho... read more here.
Keywords: middle classes; understanding identity; black middle; positionings black ... See more keywords