The Global Middle Class: A New Conceptual and Measurement Framework for the Developing Countries.
The role of the middle class in the evolution of societies, their economies, and their politics is one of the oldest topics in political economy. Yet the middle class remains a little understood and understudied social class. The myopic view that middle income is synonymous with middle class has led...
| Published in: | Social Development Issues (Follmer Group) Vol. 40; no. 2; pp. 56 - 73 |
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2018
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