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- Provides empirical evidence of both commonalities and differences among the new middle classes of different countries
- Considers evidence of both consumerism and environmental concern
- Proffers conclusions in view of modernization theory and a better understanding of what globalization means in regard to lifestyles and their impact on resource consumption
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Modernities, Globalization and Consumption
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New Middle Classes in China, Brazil, Ecuador and Israel
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New Middle Classes in India
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About this book
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The New Middle Classes
Book Subtitle: Globalizing Lifestyles, Consumerism and Environmental Concern
Editors: Lars Meier, Hellmuth Lange
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9938-0
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-9937-3Published: 23 June 2009
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-8224-4Published: 06 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-9938-0Published: 10 June 2009
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 306
Topics: Social Sciences, general, Sociology, general, Sustainable Development, Human Geography, Regional and Cultural Studies, Geography, general