Social Contracts under Stress: The Middle Classes of America, Europe and Japan at the Turn of the Century - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0871549972 ISBN 13: 9780871549976

Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation, 2002

Synopsis

Analysts from seven countries trace the rise of their middle-classes, and consider how this class will fare given such challenges as globalization, inflation, and changing gender and family models. Referring to British philosopher R.G. Collingwood's postwar ideal of a social contract combining liberty and equality, Zunz (history, U. of Virginia) introduces current system stressors. In 16 papers, contributors analyze diverse paths to middle-class formation; friction between constituencies (e.g., the US middle-class racial divide); and effects of vanishing international borders on social contracts. Includes a statistical appendix on income inequality. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Synopsis

Analysts from seven countries trace the rise of their middle-classes, and consider how this class will fare given such challenges as globalization, inflation, and changing gender and family models. Referring to British philosopher R.G. Collingwood's postwar ideal of a social contract combining liberty and equality, Zunz (history, U. of Virginia) in

About the Author

OLIVIER ZUNZ is Commonwealth Professor of History, University of Virginia.

LEONARD SCHOPPA is associate professor in the Woodrow Wilson Department of Government and Foreign Affairs, University of Virginia.

NOBUHIRO HIWATARI is professor of political science at the University of Tokyo.

Edition details

• Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0871549972
• ISBN 13: 9780871549976
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 448
• Editor: Zunz Olivier, Schoppa Leonard, Hiwatari Nobohiro