| Description |
pages cm |
| Contents |
1. An introduction to middle classes, discipline and development -- 2. Middle classes and development theory -- 3. Discipline and reward : rural middle classes and the South Korean development miracle -- 4. Disciplinary development as rural middle class formation : proletarianized peasants and farmer-workers in Argentina and Taiwan -- 5. From victors to victims? : rural middle classes, revolutionary legacies, and the unfulfilled promise of disciplinary development in Mexico -- 6. Disciplinary developments in a new millennium : the global context of past gains and future prospects -- App. A. Cases, comparisons, and a note on methodology and sources -- App. B. Defining the middle class : notes on boundaries and epistemology -- App. C. Tables |
| Summary |
"This book tells the story of South Korea's and Taiwan's economic successes and Argentina's and Mexico's relative "failures" through a historical examination of each country's middle classes and how they facilitated or limited the state's capacities to discipline capitalists during key phases of twentieth-century industrialization. It also raises questions about the likelihood that such disciplining can continue in a world context where globalization squeezes middle classes and frees capitalists from state and social contracts in which they historically have been embedded."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Middle class -- East Asia.
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Middle class -- Latin America.
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Industrialization -- East Asia.
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Industrialization -- Latin America.
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| LC no. |
2003051487 |
| ISBN |
0521807484 |
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9780521807487 |
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0521002087 pb |
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9780521002080 pb |
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