Latin America's emerging middle classes : economic perspectives /: economic perspectives. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Jeffrey Dayton-Johnson, Associate Professor, Monterey Institute of International Studies, USA.
• Authors: Dayton-Johnson, Jeff
• Contents: 1. Making Sense of Latin America's Middle Class; J. Dayton-Johnson -- 2. Inequality, Mobility and Middle Classes in Latin America; J. Azevedo, L.F. Lopez -Calva, N. Lustig, E. Ortiz-Jurez -- 3. Latin America's Global Middle Class: A Preference for Growth Over Equality; M. C̀rdenas, H. Kharas and C. Henao -- 4. Brazil's New Middle Classes: The Bright Side of the Poor; M. Neri -- 5. Who is the Latin American Middle Class? Relative-Income and Multidimensional Approaches; F. Castellani, G. Parent, and J. Zenteno Gonzales -- 6. Covering the Uncovered: Labor Informality, Pensions and the Emerging Middle Class in Latin America; C. Daude, J.R. de Laiglesia, A. Melguizo -- 7. Business Sector Responses to the Rise of the Middle Class; L. Casanova and H. Renck -- 8. Feeling Middle Class and Being Middle Class; What Do Subjective Perceptions Tell Us?; E. Lora and J. Fajardo Gonzlez -- 9. Political Attitudes of the Middle Class; The Case of Fiscal Policy, C. Daude, H. Gutirrez, A. Melguizo.
• Publisher Details: Houndsmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxv, 209 pages)
• Subjects: 305.5/5098; Political science; Middle class -- Latin America; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies; Social classes; Development studies; Political economy; Economic history; Middle class; Social conditions; Mittelstand; Wirtschaftliche Lage; Mittelschicht; Lateinamerika; Social classes; Development studies; Political economy; Society; Political Science -- Public Policy -- Economic Policy; Social Science -- Sociology -- General; Social Science -- Developing Countries; Business & Economics -- Development -- General; Sociology; Development economics & emerging economies; Social issues & processes; Political economy; Economic policy; Economic development; Development economics; Political Science -- Economic Conditions; Latin America -- Economic conditions; Latin America -- Social conditions; Latin America; Lateinamerika; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137320797; 1137320796; 1137320788; 9781137320780; 9781336190948; 1336190949; 9781349457861; 1349457868
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Print version record.
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