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Book SynopsisHelps in advancing our interdisciplinary, critical understanding of the linkages between social relations, political power, and historical development. This title contains a section on the politics of the 'new middle class' in the global south and post-socialist societies.
Table of ContentsList of Contributors. Senior Editorial Board. Editorial Statement. Editor's introduction. “Autonomy from what?” Populism, universities, and the U.S. poetry field, 1910–1975. Monetary orders, financial dependence, and idea selection: the international constraints on American Monetary Policy, 1961–1963. Guest Editor Introduction. The end of communism in Central and Eastern Europe: The last middle-class revolution?. The dog that didn't bark: The political complacence of the emerging middle class (with Illustrations from the Middle East). The middle class in India: a social formation or political actor?. The spatial dynamics of middle-class formation in postapartheid South Africa: enclavization and fragmentation in Johannesburg. The contested spaces of Chile's middle classes. The sociospatial reconfiguration of middle classes and their impact on politics and development in the global south: preliminary ideas for future research. Middle class or propertied class? Class politics and urban redevelopment in contemporary Asia. Spatializing distinction in cities of the global south: Volatile terrains of morality and citizenship. Revolution “from the middle”: historical events, narrative, and the making of the middle class in the contemporary developing world. “The middle class”: Sociological category or proper noun?. Rejoinder: subject or subjects?. Political power and social theory. Political power and social theory. Copyright page.
