In this article I analyse the relationship between rurality and middle classes. Few recent studies on middle classes have examined the role of rurality within middle class expansion processes at the global scale. I conducted ...

The middle class in Chile does not correspond to more developed countries where the middle class is the center of society. Despite the economic growth and overall reduction of poverty in the country in the last 20 years, ...

The study describes the recent evolution of income distribution, poverty with a special focus on the so called new middle class, its financial possibilities, access to consumer goods, assets and aspirations. It extends and ...

The consolidation of the middle class has been interpreted by modernization and postmodernization theories as a key factor for the functioning and stability of the democratic system. However, in Latin America the middle ...

This paper discusses the Brazilian middle class, its definition, evolution, profile, attitudes and durability. It describes the methodology that uses per capita household income derived from household surveys to determine ...

This work paper wish’s to observe the historical formation of the middle class in Brazil and making a comparison with the American middle class. This is a literary review. It is observed how the middle classes are ...