154
Middle Class in a Global Society: Meanings and Methods

Wednesday, 18 July 2018: 08:30-10:20
Location: 206D (MTCC NORTH BUILDING)
RC07 Futures Research (host committee)

Language: English

The session aims to discuss the methodology and the conceptual framework used in researches about middle class, given the differences among societies and the prospects for the Future of class in view of the rapid social and economic transitions. Currently the concept of class, itself, as well as, the methods for measuring and analyzing class structure are under stake and this debate is central for the stratification studies focusing on Inequality and Social Justice issues. Changes in contemporary societies, mainly those affecting labor market and consumption patterns, demand questioning the concepts and the methods that have been applied to class studies. Considering the expansion of middle income groups in emerging societies, studies on middle class can enlighten the consequences and perspectives brought by recent transformations in economy, demography, migration flows, consumption, education and social status around the world.
Session Organizers:
Celi SCALON, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Chunling LI, Sociology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China
Discussant:
Feng TIAN, CHINA ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES, China
Oral Presentations
154.1
Middle Classes, De-Middledization and Stratified Societies: Observations of the Heterogeneity of Self-Employment
Dieter BOEGENHOLD, Alpen-Adria University, Austria
154.2
Middle-Classes or Middle-Income Milieus? a Culture-Based Alternative Approach to Middle Strata in the Global South
Florian STOLL, Bayreuth Academy of Advanced African Studies/ Bayreuth University, Germany
154.3
Marketization and Market Capacity: How Is the Middle-Class Formed in China? the Cases of Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou
Haidong ZHANG, School of Sociology and Political Science, Shanghai University, China; Yelin YAO, School of Sociology and Political Science, Shanghai University, China
154.5
Black and Asian Minority Ethnic Groups in Britain: Class, Income and Property
Sin Yi CHEUNG, Cardiff University, United Kingdom
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