Leisure, Lifestyle, and the New Middle Class
Author : Derek Wynne
Publisher :
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 41,64 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Leisure
ISBN :
Author : Derek Wynne
Publisher :
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 41,64 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Leisure
ISBN :
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Page : pages
File Size : 39,15 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Leisure
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Author : Derek Wynne
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 35,25 MB
Release : 2002-01-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1134956525
In this valuable study, conducted within the theoretical context associated with the work of Pierre Bourdieu, Derek Wynne looks at how the 'new middle class' of the late twentieth century goes about constructing and defending its social identity.
Author : Derek Wynne
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 25,14 MB
Release : 2002-01-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1134956517
In this valuable study, conducted within the theoretical context associated with the work of Pierre Bourdieu, Derek Wynne looks at how the 'new middle class' of the late twentieth century goes about constructing and defending its social identity.
Author : Christiane Brosius
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 32,15 MB
Release : 2012-06-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1136704841
This book is one of the first ethnographic studies to examine the complexities of lifestyles of the the upwardly mobile middle classes in India in the new millennium. It reveals an original theory on cosmopolitan Indianness and urbanisation in the age of globalisation.
Author : Richard V. Reeves
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 51 pages
File Size : 14,90 MB
Release : 2020-10-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0815739133
A better future for the middle class is no longer an aspiration. It is a necessity. The disintegration of the American Dream is more visible than ever before. The understanding—the contract—that existed between individuals willing to work and contribute and a society willing to support those individuals when they needed it is falling apart. Now is the time to draft a new contract with America's middle class. One that rewards work and service, improves upward mobility, and reduces inequality. In A New Contract with the Middle Class Brookings senior fellows Isabel Sawhill and Richard Reeves outline the foundations of what that new contract should be, based on discussions they had across the country with middle-class Americans. Sawhill and Reeves' recommendations provide solutions to issues that came up time and time again in these conversations: money, time, relationships, health, and respect. Some of the bold recommendations included in A New Contract with the Middle Class: • Eliminate virtually all income taxes paid by the middle class. • Raise the minimum wage and subsidize wages below the median with a worker tax credit. • Offer scholarships for those who undertake at least a year of national service. • Ensure four weeks of paid leave per year. • Align school and working hours and boost child care to help working parents. America is only as strong as the American middle-class. A New Contract with the Middle Class proposes a new way forward.
Author : Leslie L. Marsh
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 45,95 MB
Release : 2015-10-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1317510755
This volume examines the discursive construction of the meanings and lifestyle practices of the middle class in the rapidly transforming economies of Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East, focusing on the social, political and cultural implications at local and global levels. While drawing a comparative analysis of what it means to be middle class in these different locations, the essays offer a connective understanding of the middle class phenomenon in emerging market economies and lay the groundwork for future research on emerging, transitional societies. The book addresses three key dimensions: the discursive creation of the middle class, the construction of the cultural identity through consumption practices and lifestyle choices, and the social, political and cultural consequences related to globalization and neoliberalism.
Author : Elizabeth Currid-Halkett
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 32,30 MB
Release : 2017-05-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1400884691
How the leisure class has been replaced by a new elite, and how their consumer habits affect us all In today’s world, the leisure class has been replaced by a new elite. Highly educated and defined by cultural capital rather than income bracket, these individuals earnestly buy organic, carry NPR tote bags, and breast-feed their babies. They care about discreet, inconspicuous consumption—like eating free-range chicken and heirloom tomatoes, wearing organic cotton shirts and TOMS shoes, and listening to the Serial podcast. They use their purchasing power to hire nannies and housekeepers, to cultivate their children’s growth, and to practice yoga and Pilates. In The Sum of Small Things, Elizabeth Currid-Halkett dubs this segment of society “the aspirational class” and discusses how, through deft decisions about education, health, parenting, and retirement, the aspirational class reproduces wealth and upward mobility, deepening the ever-wider class divide. Exploring the rise of the aspirational class, Currid-Halkett considers how much has changed since the 1899 publication of Thorstein Veblen’s Theory of the Leisure Class. In that inflammatory classic, which coined the phrase “conspicuous consumption,” Veblen described upper-class frivolities: men who used walking sticks for show, and women who bought silver flatware despite the effectiveness of cheaper aluminum utensils. Now, Currid-Halkett argues, the power of material goods as symbols of social position has diminished due to their accessibility. As a result, the aspirational class has altered its consumer habits away from overt materialism to more subtle expenditures that reveal status and knowledge. And these transformations influence how we all make choices. With a rich narrative and extensive interviews and research, The Sum of Small Things illustrates how cultural capital leads to lifestyle shifts and what this forecasts, not just for the aspirational class but for everyone.
Author : THORSTEIN. VEBLEN
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 13,10 MB
Release : 2018
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ISBN : 9781033057698
Author : E. Tsang
Publisher : Springer
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 39,14 MB
Release : 2014-05-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1137297441
Based on interviews with entrepreneurs, professionals and regional party cadres' from a range of age groups, this book argues that Western class categories do not directly apply to China and that the Chinese new middle class is distinguished more by socio-cultural than by economic factors.