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Un « Nouvel hygiénisme » ? Le bruit, l’odeur et l’émergence d’une new middle class
Articulo: Journal of Urban Research, 2005 La tentation est grande aujourd’hui d’envisager un « Nouvel hygiénisme » qui façonnerait les espaces urbains et les corps. Cet article défend cependant l’hypothèse que ce qu’il est convenu d’appeler « Nouvel hygiénisme » est en fait un ensemble de ...
Laurent Matthey, Olivier Walther
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CAPITALIZING CRISIS: Urban Extractivism in Athens Amidst Neoliberal Restructurings
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract In this article we examine the post‐2009 transformation of Athens through the analytical lens of urban extractivism. We argue that the Greek sovereign debt crisis did not operate as a temporary disruption, but as a durable political condition that enabled the institutionalization of extractive urban governance.
Konstantinos Zafeiris +2 more
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Excavating Early Burawoy: Toward a Third Position in the Race‐Class Debates
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper intervenes in contemporary sociological debates over the relationship between race and class by excavating the early writings of Michael Burawoy. Against the prevailing polarization between twin absolutist models in which either racism or capitalism alone possesses causal force, we argue that Burawoy articulates a third position—one
Zachary Levenson, Marcel Paret
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Burguesia Industrial e a “Agenda de Desenvolvimento” Para o Rio Grande do Sul Durante os Anos 90
Desenvolvimento em Questão, 2015 This article analyses the industrial bourgeoisie political positions in the State of Rio Grande do Sulduring the government elections which elected the governor in the period between 1999 and 2002.If on the one hand, the analysis registers the industrial
Marco André Cadoná
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Unequal Family Ties, Wealth Transmission and Social Mobility Among Congolese Traders in Kinshasa
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Based on ethnographic fieldwork among Congolese traders operating in Kinshasa's urban economy, this article examines how differentiated family ties and wealth transmission shape social mobility and the intergenerational reproduction of inequality. We show that family support is neither uniform nor equally productive: its effects depend on both
Héritier Mesa, Joël Noret
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Twenty‐First Century Butlers and the New Spirit of Service
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT More than 50 years ago, Lewis Coser argued that the “servant” had become obsolete, claiming that such a “premodern” occupation could not function within modernity without religious legitimations. However, with parts of the contemporary service sector exhibiting the very characteristics that Coser viewed as “premodern”—especially within ...
Bryan Boyle
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The Ideology of Consumerism in Five Star Billionaire
Insaniyat: Journal of Islam and Humanities, 2019 The last decades, people can calculate other people’s worth only through what they are wearing or their appearances. It makes the phenomenon of commodification and consumerism emerges in the society. This phenomenon might not harm the bourgeoisie, but it
Nina Farlina +1 more
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De la Vicomtesse Emma et de son entourage
Tabularia, 2004 The career of Viscountess Emma, in the second half of the 12th century, was indeed a mysterious one… Between Normandy, England and the Paris region, she farmed out the income of the duchy, engaged in trade and appeared in the obituary registers of ...
Manon Six
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Crítica Marxista, 2003 Os ensaios da coletânea Bourgeoisie: état d’une classe dominante, conforme o texto introdutório, têm em comum a tese segundo a qual, “no coração das economias, e mais amplamente das sociedades contemporâneas, se encontra uma classe dominante, que pode ser denominada de burguesia” (p.
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The depth and breadth of capitalism at the Cape
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract Limited liability company legislation was introduced to the Cape Colony in 1861. An amendment in 1892 led to wider adoption, expanding and diversifying the capital market. Using novel data from the Cape Joint Stock Archive between 1892 and 1902, this paper examines who invested, where capital flowed, and how these patterns shaped firm outcomes
Edward Kerby, Lloyd Melusi Maphosa
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