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The New Middle Classes

Globalizing Lifestyles, Consumerism and Environmental Concern
BuchKartoniert, Paperback
306 Seiten
Englisch
Springer Netherlandserschienen am06.11.2010
Today, the new middle classes are about to take centre stage, too. With their lifestyles and attitudes, the new middle classes are considered to be both the products as well as the promoters of globalization. Ever since, the debate about the lifestyles of the new middle classes and their role in society has gained momentum.mehr
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Produkt

KlappentextToday, the new middle classes are about to take centre stage, too. With their lifestyles and attitudes, the new middle classes are considered to be both the products as well as the promoters of globalization. Ever since, the debate about the lifestyles of the new middle classes and their role in society has gained momentum.
ZusammenfassungThis book analyzes the middle class in terms of attitudes and preferences as well as socio-economic features and governmental policies. It provides original contributions from internationally renowned researchers that bring fresh multidisciplinary insights.
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-90-481-8224-4
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback
Erscheinungsjahr2010
Erscheinungsdatum06.11.2010
Seiten306 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
Gewicht489 g
IllustrationenXVIII, 306 p.
Artikel-Nr.10287632

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
Modernities, Globalization and Consumption.- Who are the New Middle Classes and why are they Given so Much Public Attention?.- Convergence and Divergence in Societal Modernization: Global trends, Regional Variations, and Some Implications for Sustainability.- Consumerist Lifestyles in the Context of Globalization: Investigating Scenarios of Homogenization, Diversification and Hybridization.- Who are the Globalizers? The Role of Education and Educational Elites.- Provider Strategies and the Greening of Consumption Practices: Exploring the Role of Companies in Sustainable Consumption.- From Small Objects to Cars: Consumption Expansion in East Asia.- New Middle Classes in China, Brazil, Ecuador and Israel.- Rising Capitalism, Emerging Middle-Classes and Environmental Perspectives in China: A Weberian Approach.- Globalization of Lifestyle: Golfing in China.- Who are the Knowledge Workers of Campinas, SP, Brazil and how do they Live? Local Impacts of Global Trends.- Sustainability of a Life Más Cómodo? Agricultural Change, Remaking Families, and the Emerging Indigenous Middle Class in the Ecuadorian Andes.- New Middle Class and Environmental Lifestyle in Israel.- New Middle Classes in India.- The Political Economy of Lifestyle: Consumption, India´s New Middle Class and State-Led Development.- Environmentality in the Neoliberal City: Attitudes, Governance and Social Justice.- India´s New Middle Class´ and the Globalising City: Software Professionals in Bangalore, India.- The Changing Food Scenario and the Middle Classes in the Emerging Megacity of Hyderabad, India.- Highly Qualified Employees in Bangalore, India: Consumerist Predators?.mehr
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Autor

Lars Meier (Dr. phil.), Soziologe und Geograph, arbeitet als wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am IAB in Nürnberg und lehrt Soziologie an der TU Darmstadt. Seine Forschungsschwerpunkte sind Stadt- und Raumforschung, Kultursoziologie, Migrationsforschung sowie qualitative Methoden.