Results 1 to 10 of about 124,001 (240)

The Two-Pronged Middle Class: The Old Bourgeoisie, New State-Engineered Middle Class, and Democratic Development

open access: yesAmerican Political Science Review, 2021
We contribute to research on the democratic role of middle classes. Our paper distinguishes between middle classes emerging autonomously during gradual capitalist development and those fabricated rapidly as part of state-led modernization.
Tomila V Lankina, Alexander Libman
exaly   +2 more sources

The Rise and Fall of the Bureaucratic Bourgeoisie: Public Sector Employees and Economic Privilege in Postcolonial Kenya and Tanzania

open access: yesJournal of International Development, 2020
In 1961, Frantz Fanon scathingly characterised the emerging African elite as a bourgeoisie of the civil service. Many have since described Africa's public sector employees as a rentier class that grew disproportionately large in relation to the continent'
Rebecca Simson
exaly   +2 more sources

“No Bourgeoisie, No Democracy”? The Political Attitudes of the Kenyan Middle Class

open access: yesJournal of International Development, 2015
Barrington Moore's famous line ‘no bourgeoisie, no democracy’ is one of the most quoted claims in political science. But has the rise of the African middle class promoted democratic consolidation?
Nick Cheeseman
exaly   +2 more sources

Popular Piety and the Muslim Middle Class Bourgeoisie in Indonesia

open access: yesAl-Albab, 2018
This paper discusses the passion of Islamization of the New Order, at the same time the mainstream of this power is based on economic development that provides opportunities for the growth of the Muslim middle class. Patronage model used by the New Order
Lukis Alam
doaj   +2 more sources

Écarts par rapport à la norme dans Ce qui manque à un clochard de Nicolas Diat

open access: yesCahiers ERTA, 2023
This article looks at the representation of anomaly in Nicolas Diat's Ce qui manque à un clochard. We examine the character of Marcel Bascoulard, a marginal figure inspired by a real person with the same name.
Ahmed Bouftouh
doaj   +1 more source

Usages de la ville, usages du corps : Les Promenades de Paris d’Adolphe Alphand

open access: yesArts et Savoirs, 2021
Adolphe Alphand was manager of the “Promenades and Plantations” Department in Paris, from 1855 to 1891. He edited a book from those monumental public works, Les Promenades de Paris. The apologetic aspect of this book is obvious.
Édouard Bourdelle
doaj   +1 more source

A subaltern middle class: The case of the missing “Black bourgeoisie” in America

open access: yesContemporary economic policy, 2020
A convention, particularly in economics and sociology, for empirical identification of the “ middle class ” has been to mark off a segment of the population above a lower bound with respect to income, occupational status, and/or educational attainment ...
W. Darity   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Zbožné odkazy v testamentech olomouckých měšťanů v pozdním středověku

open access: yesActa Universitatis Carolinae Theologica, 2018
This article focuses on the question of pious legacy in the testaments of the members of the Olomouc bourgeoisie. The main research problem of the thesis is the question whether the events of the observed period were reflected in the religiosity of the ...
Anna Vrtálková
doaj   +1 more source

The difference that tenure makes [PDF]

open access: yes, 1991
This paper argues that housing tenures cannot be reduced to either production relations or consumption relations. Instead, they need to be understood as modes of housing distribution, and as having complex and dynamic relations with social classes ...
Andrew Knowles   +68 more
core   +1 more source

Il derubato che sorride. La tragedia umoristica di Pasolini

open access: yesBetween, 2017
In the studies about Pasolini’s work the analysis of the use of comedy and humor is often ignored. This article analyzes the relationship of Pasolini with the forms of comedy, from the indication of Charlot as emblematic point of reference for his own ...
Stefano Casi
doaj   +1 more source

Home - About - Disclaimer - Privacy