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Economic Restructuring and the Growing Uncertainty of the Middle Class

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Editors:
  1. Bram Steijn

    1. Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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  2. Jan Berting

    1. Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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  3. Mart-Jan Jong

    1. Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
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  2. Introduction

    • Bram Steijn, Jan Berting, Mart-Jan De Jong
    Pages 1-5

  3. Rise and Fall of Middle-Class Society? How the Restructuring of Economic and Social Life Creates Uncertainty, Vulnerability, and Social Exclusion

    • Jan Berting
    Pages 7-24

  4. Social Exclusion and Inclusion within the British middle classes, 1980–1995

    • Mike Savage
    Pages 25-43

  5. Women’s employment, the household and middle class heterogeneity

    • Rosemary Crompton
    Pages 45-59

  6. Social Exclusion and Increasing Uncertainty of the Middle Classes: The West German Case

    • Martin Kronauer
    Pages 61-71

  7. Proletarianization of the Dutch Middle Class: Fact or Fiction?

    • Bram Steijn, Dick Houtman
    Pages 73-91

  8. From the logic of permanence to the logic of fragmentation: Socio-productive conditions and rearticulation of the middle-class

    • Eduardo Crespo Suarez, Florentino Moreno, Amparo Serrano Pascual
    Pages 93-113

  9. Social change and the risks of social exclusion in Greece: How do the Middle classes fare?

    • Maria Petmesidou
    Pages 115-133

  10. Notes on neocapitalism, unemployment and social exclusion: The case of Greece

    • Zissis Papadimitriou, George Hadjiconstantinou
    Pages 135-143

  11. Impoverishment of the Russian population and the problem of middle-class formation under market transformations

    • Natalia Rimashevskaya, Galina Voitenkova
    Pages 145-155

  12. Middle class uncertainty: A synthesis and a research agenda

    • Mart-Jan De Jong
    Pages 157-170

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 171-177
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About this book

Economic Restructuring and the Growing Uncertainty of the Middle Class focuses on a relatively new research area which is becoming increasingly more important: the growing uncertainty of the middle class. Until recently, members of the middle class were not only assured of a good social and economic position but also of the continuation of this position. Nowadays, economic and organisational changes are threatening this once secure position. The boundaries between the middle classes and the working class are becoming less and less visible. `Making a career', which was in the past central for middle class people, is becoming ever more difficult. Moreover, organisational restructuring is threatening their employment. It seems that insecurity is becoming a central element in the lives of members of the middle class.
In this book experts from several European countries discuss the question of to what extent the position of the middle class is really changing. They also discuss the mechanisms that are propelling these changes, and the effects these changes have on the attitudes of middle-class people. As the experts are from several parts of Europe (Great Britain, Germany, The Netherlands, Greece, Spain and Russia), the reader can compare the situation of the middle classes in these various countries.
This book contains valuable information for anyone interested in this important topic: not only for those involved in the studies of economic and organisational change and social stratification and those interested in the similarities and differences between European countries, but (amongst others) for policy-makers, managers, and trade union representatives who will be dealing with problems induced by the changes that are discussed in the book.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    Bram Steijn, Jan Berting, Mart-Jan Jong

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Economic Restructuring and the Growing Uncertainty of the Middle Class

  • Editors: Bram Steijn, Jan Berting, Mart-Jan Jong

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5655-8

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1998

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-8119-8Published: 30 April 1998

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-7588-3Published: 17 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-5655-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 177

  • Topics: Public Economics, Economic Growth, Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics

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