Building the case for the study of the middle class: Shifting our gaze from margins to centre

International Journal of Social Welfare

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 379-389

  Curry Stevens, Ann ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic precariousness; Middle class; Neo liberalism; Political economy; Post structural theory; Social movements

Indexed keywords

EID: 51049113419     PISSN: 13696866     EISSN: 14682397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2397.2008.00561.x     Document Type: Article

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