The developing world’s "new middle classes": implications for political research

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• dc.contributor.author Wietzke, Frank Borge
• dc.contributor.author Sumner, Andy
• dc.date.accessioned 2021-03-08T10:25:35Z
• dc.date.available 2021-03-08T10:25:35Z
• dc.date.issued 2018
• dc.description.abstract Rapid middle-income growth over the past decades has led to increasing public interest in the developing world’s “new middle classes”. However, these transformations have received less attention in the comparative democratization and welfare-state regime literature. In this review article, we aim to fill this gap by identifying emerging evidence and new directions for research about the social and political consequences of lower-middle income growth. We note that, while socio-cultural and political transformations traditionally associated with expanding middle classes are unlikely to materialize at current levels of socio-economic wellbeing in most developing countries, new pressures for reform may arise out of demands to better protect modest increases in private assets and from improved educational outcomes among lower-middle income groups. We also identify signs of increased distributional conflicts between economically vulnerable lower-middle income groups and more-affluent middle classes that may undermine the transition to stable democracy and more inclusive social policy systems.
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• dc.identifier.citation Wietzke FB, Sumner A. The developing world’s "new middle classes": implications for political research. Perspectives on Politics. 2018 Mar;16(1):127-40. DOI: 10.1017/S1537592717003358
• dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1537592717003358
• dc.identifier.issn 1537-5927
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/46694
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher Cambridge University Press
• dc.relation.ispartof Perspectives on Politics. 2018 Mar;16(1):127-40
• dc.rights © Cambridge University Press. The published version of the article: Wietzke FB, Sumner A. The developing world’s "new middle classes": implications for political research. Perspectives on Politics. 2018 Mar;16(1):127-40. DOI: 10.1017/S1537592717003358 is available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-politics.
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• dc.subject.other Classe mitjana
• dc.subject.other Classe mitjana -- Condicions econòmiques
• dc.subject.other Classe mitjana -- Països en vies de desenvolupament
• dc.subject.other Classe mitjana -- Condicions socials
• dc.title The developing world’s "new middle classes": implications for political research
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