The Welfare of the Middle Class: Changing Relations in European Welfare States Siza Remo
The Welfare of the Middle Class: Changing Relations in European Welfare States Siza Remo In many European countries, processes of individualisation have contributed to transforming the middle class…
Specifikacia The Welfare of the Middle Class: Changing Relations in European Welfare States Siza Remo
The Welfare of the Middle Class: Changing Relations in European Welfare States Siza Remo
In many European countries, processes of individualisation have contributed to transforming the middle class into a multitude of people, a sort of 'middle mass' with an unstable social identity and radical activism. This book is an essential contribution to ongoing public and academic debates on the unpredictability of middle-class attitudes and on their changing relations with the welfare state. The different 'worlds' of European welfare states seem progressively less able to manage this new kind of middle-class activism.
Identifying key trends in the literature, it considers the impact of recent welfare reforms on the needs and preferences of the middle