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 ...

Despite the benefit of the tympanic middle ear to airborne hearing sensitivity, anurans range in how soon they develop functional middle ears after transitioning to life on land. Previous evi- dence suggested that bufonids ...

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, ...

Os gerentes da média gestão, a quem nesse estudo chamaremos de middle managers, são responsáveis por fazer a ligação entre o nível executivo e o nível operacional nas empresas. Eles agem como sintetizadores da informação ...

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 ...