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Upper Middle Class Social Reproduction

Wealth, Schooling, and Residential Choice in Chile

Palgrave Macmillan

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  1. María Luisa Méndez

    1. Diego Portales University, Santiago, Chile

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  2. Modesto Gayo

    1. Diego Portales University, Santiago, Chile

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  • Combines analyses of residential, social, and educational trajectories

  • Uses georeferenced data on housing markets and educational provision to map movement of upper middle class concentration

  • Argues that dominant groups have schisms with different expectations and attitudes

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction

    • María Luisa Méndez, Modesto Gayo
    Pages 1-28

  4. Common Ground: On the Centrality of Residential and School Choice

    • María Luisa Méndez, Modesto Gayo
    Pages 55-81

  5. Frantic Lives and Practices of Socio-Cultural Differentiation

    • María Luisa Méndez, Modesto Gayo
    Pages 83-107

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 147-149
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About this book

In the contemporary context of increasing inequality and various forms of segregation, this volume analyzes the transition to neoliberal politics in Santiago de Chile. Using an innovative methodological approach that combines georeferenced data and multi-stage cluster analysis, Méndez and Gayo study the old and new mechanisms of social reproduction among the upper middle class. In so doing, they not only capture the interconnections between macro- and microsocial dimensions such as urban dynamics, schooling demands, cultural repertoires and socio-spatial trajectories, but also offer a detailed account of elite formation, intergenerational accumulation, and economic, cultural, and social inheritance dynamics.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Diego Portales University, Santiago, Chile

    María Luisa Méndez, Modesto Gayo

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About the authors

María Luisa Méndez is Principal Investigator at the Center for Social and Cohesion Studies (COES) and Head of the Sociology Department at Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago, Chile.


Modesto Gayo is Associate Professor at Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago, Chile.




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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Upper Middle Class Social Reproduction

  • Book Subtitle: Wealth, Schooling, and Residential Choice in Chile

  • Authors: María Luisa Méndez, Modesto Gayo

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89695-3

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-89694-6Published: 15 June 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-89695-3Published: 01 June 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 149

  • Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations, 15 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Social Structure, Social Inequality, Latin American and Caribbean Economics, Social Theory

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