Discipline and Development: Middle Classes and Prosperity in East Asia and Latin America

by Diane E. Davis

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Perhaps the most commonly held assumption in the field of development is that middle classes are the bounty of economic modernization and growth. As countries gradually transcend their agrarian past and become urbanized and industrialized, so the logic goes, middle classes emerge and gain in number, complexity, cultural influence, social prominence, and political authority. Yet this is only half the story. Middle classes shape industrial and economic...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0521002087

ISBN13:9780521002080

Release Date:March 2004

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:436 Pages

Weight:1.30 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.0" x 8.8"

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