Inequality, Marketization and the Majority Class: Why Did the European Middle Classes Accept Neo-Liberalism?

by S. Mau

Overview

This book addresses the question of why the European middle classes were ready to accept some of the key features of neo-liberalism.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137511607
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	04/29/2015
Series:	Palgrave Master Series
Edition description:	2015
Pages:	123
Product dimensions:	5.70(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Steffen Mau is Professor of Macrosociology at Humboldt-University Berlin, Germany. Previously he worked as Professor of Political Sociology at the University of Bremen, Germany. His main publications include: The Moral Economy of Welfare States (2003), Social Transnationalism (2010) and European Societies. Mapping Structure and Change (with Roland Verwiebe 2010).

Table of Contents

1. Elective Affinity: The European Middle Classes and European Social Model 2. Individualization and Tolerance for Inequality 3. Middle Class Investors in Affluent Societies 4. Privatized Old Age Provision, Privatized Future 5. Home Ownership and Home Voting 6. The New Culture of Indebtedness 7. Self-Enhancement: Investing in Education 8. Economic Problems and Political Dilemmas 9. Light at the End of the Tunnel?