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OverviewSince the turn of the millennium, the growth of the new global middle class in the world's rapidly emerging economies has received much interest, even excitement. But what is new middle class really like in countries such as India and Brazil? Is it a solid upwardly mobile social group - or rather a fragile class prone to poverty again once the next economic crisis comes? Does the new middle class support democracy - or does it rather tend towards aggressive nationalism? And if so much of the world is going to pursue typical middle class lifestyles and patterns of consumption, wouldn't that have massive environmental impacts - or are there more sustainable options? With perspectives from India and Brazil, this volume provides new insights into what is likely the most significant social development of our times: the rise of a global middle class, full of aspirations, in a world where safe limits of sustainability are already being transgressed. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Dawid Danilo Bartelt , Axel Harneit-SieversPublisher: Academic Foundation Imprint: Academic Foundation Weight: 0.515kg ISBN: 9789332704145ISBN 10: 9332704147 Pages: 280 Publication Date: 28 February 2018 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsContents List of Tables and Figures About the Editors/Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction The New Middle Class: Data and Perceptions 1. The Importance of Being Middle Class in India - Devesh Kapur, Neelanjan Sircar and Milan Vaishnav 2. The Elusive New Middle Class in Brazil - Celia Lessa Kerstenetzky, Christiane Uchoa and Nelson do Valle Silva Elements of Social and Cultural Life of the New Middle Class 3. The New Middle Class in Brazilian Telenovelas: Cultural and Symbolical Aspects - Carla Barros 4. Caste and the Indian Middle Class - Surinder S. Jodhka 5. IT Industry in India: Testing the Limits of Change in Gendered Spaces - Govind Kelkar 6. Jesus is Power! Neopentecostals and the New Middle Class in Brazil - Marilene de Paula New Middle Class Politics 7. Where are the New Middle Classes in Brazil? - Candido Grzybowski 8. Political Preferences of India's Middle Classes - Paranjoy Guha Thakurta 9. The Rise of the 'Aam Aadmi': The New Middle Class and its Politics in India - Richa Singh New Middle Class Consumption and Green Politics 10. Indian Urban Middle Class Youth's Engagement with Consumer Culture: Restraints, Constraints and Freedom - Nita Mathur 11. Consumerism and the Indian Middle Classes - Ashish Kothari 12. Green Politics and the Indian Middle Class - Ashok K. LahiriReviewsThe questions asked in this book...allow us to try and understand where the new populations are headed in the key developing, democratic polities of India and Brazil, and whether there is a real chance of these middle classes buying into sustainable, environmentally growth patterns. - Omair Ahmad An important new book... - Urvashi Butalia Such comparisons[Brazil and India]...help us to better understand the dialectics of democratization and reemerging authoritarianism that transform our world. - Dr Ravi Ahuja Author InformationDawid Danilo Bartelt studied History and Social Sciences in Bochum, Hamburg, Berlin (Germany) and Recife (Brazil). As a historian, he specialized on Brazilian and Latin American history, completing his Ph.D. in 2001. He worked as a journalist and as Senior press officer for NGOs, including the German Section of Amnesty International since 2002 until 2010 when he joined the Heinrich Boell Foundation to head the Foundation's office in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Since 2017, he is the head of the Mexico and Caribe office of Heinrich Boell Foundation in Mexico City. His publications include numerous articles and radio programmes and several books as author and editor. Axel Harneit-Sievers, by professional background, is a historian specializing on Africa. He completed his Ph.D. at Hannover University in Germany in 1990 and worked for many years at the Centre for Modern Oriental Studies in Berlin and other research institutions and universities in Germany, with numerous publications on the history and politics of the continent. In 2002 he moved to Lagos, to take over the new Heinrich Boell Foundation's country office in Nigeria, and later to Nairobi, Kenya, as director of the foundation's East & Horn of Africa office. Since 2011, he is heading the Heinrich Boell Foundation's India Office in New Delhi. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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