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The Decommissioning of the Middle Class
Abstract. The euro crisis has threatened the balance of social structures, through the impoverishment of the middle class, in almost all countries of the Old Continent. This trend has not only posed a threat to social cohesion, but it also threats the very nature of the so-called Western-style Democracy.
MAVROZACHARAKIS, Emmanouil +1 more
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On the question of reasons for beginning of Рerestroika (based on USSR and Siberian materials) [PDF]
The article is devoted to the study of the reasons for the beginning of perestroika in the USSR (1985–1991). The purpose of the article is to show that democratic transformations began not as a result of the backwardness of isolation in the USSR, but ...
S. A. Velichko, V. A. Kutepov
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Since the early 21st century, the middle classes of the Global South became a focus of attention. However, a precarious minimum income was all it took to be considered middle class. But who exactly is middle class? As the term is applied, it should certainly not be confused with Marxist theories of class.
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Middle Class America in Africa
This paper studies the American perception of a lack of modernity in the postcolonial world. As usual, the lack of modernity allows for an idealized, romanticized vision of a simpler life without the ugliness of modern, Western life.
Thomas F. Halloran
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An Exceptional Case of Women’s Self-Advocacy in Interwar Hungary: Cécile Tormay
A Hungarian writer who became a prominent public figure in the Horthy era, Cécile Tormay’s (1875-1937) fame and success was principally due to her memoir, Bujdosó könyv [‘The Hiding Book’], a work published in 1920-21 that depicts the two Hungarian ...
Judit Kádár
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Japan: Society of middle class
Despite the economic difficulties of the last two and a half decades, Japan remains to be one of the richest countries in the world. In addition, it is also one of the most prosperous countries - both in terms of distribution of the results of economic ...
I. P. Lebedeva
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CLASSE MÉDIA E LUTAS SOCIAIS NO CAPITALISMO CONTEMPORÂNEO
This article aims to problematize the political position of the middle class in contemporary social struggles, critically reflecting on whether it tends to approach the working class or the bourgeois class, given the intensification of social conflicts ...
Fernanda Iracema Moura Arnaud
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About the middle class in Russia
The article is devoted to consideration of the formation of the middle class in Russia and its importance for a stable and prosperous development of the state. Describes the traits of the middle class, attempt to summarize the criteria for the assignment
Nikolai S Stolyarov
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This study discusses the reproduction of the social identity of the Muslim middle class through space; boarding school. Data were collected through interviews and observations.
Tyka Rahman
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Statistical Inference on the Canadian Middle Class
Conventional wisdom says that the middle classes in many developed countries have recently suffered losses, in terms of both the share of the total population belonging to the middle class, and also their share in total income.
Russell Davidson
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