Middle Class Identities and Social Crisis

<p>This book explores the dynamics of the middle-class global rebellion born of the frustration at declining living standards. Addressing narratives constructed by different social and political agents and groups it examines contexts of social crisis in Latin America Europe Africa Asia and Oceania understanding the middle classes as a set of complex and conflicting political relationships. With attention to the manner in which people create situated habits consolidating new expectations and desires through a concrete biography it analyzes continuities and changes in classed self-perceptions based on performative use. </p><p>With new perspectives including historical and intersectional approaches <i>Middle Class Identities and Social Crisis</i> transcends disciplinary boundaries to explore the hybridity of research methods and techniques and challenge established analytical frameworks. It will therefore appeal to scholars across the social sciences with interests in class and questions of class identity.</p>