Middle Class Identities and Social Crisis : Cultural and Political Perspectives on the ‘Global Rebellion’ (Paperback)

Introduction. Configuring the Middle Class Alejandro Grimson, Menara Guizardi, and Silvina Merenson  1.Unequal and Divided: The Middle Classes in Contemporary Brazil Sergio Costa  2.Middle Sectors and Classes in Colombia: Confluences and Contrasts between Bogota and Tumaco Eduardo Restrepo  3.Middle-Class Political and Cultural Subjectivities in the Chilean Social Outburst: Meritocracy, Social Justice, and Malaise Maria-Luisa Mendez and Modesto Gayo  4.The Middle Classes in Bolivia: "Not a Good Idea"? Amaru Villanueva Rance, Eduardo Paz Gonzales, and Susanna Rance  5.The Russian Middle Class: A Sociological Observation Jouko Nikula, Mikhail Chernysh, and Harri Melin  6.The Middle Class in Portugal and Brazil: from Consent to Rebellion (2011-2013) Elisio Estanque  7.Political Struggles and the Transformation of the Conservative Middle Class in Turkey Aksu Akcao?lu  8.Searching for a Global Middle Class in Nairobi and Berlin Gunter Weidenhaus and Eva Korte  9.Surveillance and the Selva? Digital Middle-Class Identities in Angola and across the South Atlantic Jess Auerbach  10.The Malaise of the Chinese Middle Class Jean-Louis Rocca  11.'Middle-class' Educational Strategies and Right-wing Politics in Australia: From Conflict to Consensus? Joel Windle