India's 'new middle class' and the globalising city: Software professionals in Bangalore, India

The New Middle Classes: Globalizing Lifestyles, Consumerism and Environmental Concern

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 253-268

  Upadhya, Carol ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Consumption; Globalization; Indian middle class; Software professionals; Urban environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856868668     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9938-0_14     Document Type: Chapter

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