Middle Class Identities and Social Crisis : Cultural and Political Perspectives on the "Global Rebellion"

This book explores the dynamics of the "middle-class global rebellion" born of the frustration at declining living standards. Addressing narratives constructed by different social and political agents and groups, it examines contexts of social crisis in Latin America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Oceania, understanding the middle classes as a set of complex and conflicting political relationships. With attention to the manner in which people create "situated habits", consolidating new expectations and desires through a concrete biography, it analyzes continuities and changes in classed self-perceptions based on performative use.

With new perspectives, including historical and intersectional approaches, Middle Class Identities and Social Crisis transcends disciplinary boundaries to explore the hybridity of research methods and techniques and challenge established analytical frameworks. It will therefore appeal to scholars across the social sciences with interests in class and questions of class identity.

Alejandro Grimson is full researcher at the National Council for Scientific and Technical Research and Full Professor in the Interdisciplinary School of Higher Social Studies at the National University of San Martín, Argentina.

Menara Guizardi is an adjunct researcher at the National Council for Scientific and Technical Research and at the Interdisciplinary School of Higher Social Studies at the National University of San Martín, Argentina and associate researcher at the University of Tarapacá, Chile.

Silvina Merenson is an adjunct researcher at the National Council for Scientific and Technical Research and adjunct professor in the School of Higher Social Studies at the National University of San Martín, Argentina.