Middle Classes in Dependent Countries

These innovative studies illuminate the important role of the middle classes in dependent countries. The marked differences among intermediate class formations in Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia, and the Middle East -- divergencies both from Western experience and among the Third World regions -- are examined. Certain worldwide similarities, such as the bipolarizing effects of capitalistic expansion, the historic shifts in the composition of mediating groups, and the critical importance of these groups to state structure, in particular, military dictatorships, are also presented. A sequel to the first volume in this series, Class and Social Development: A New Theory of the Middle Classes (SAGE 1982), this integrated collection of essays offers a refreshingly critical, comprehensive picture of the middle classes' role in world development. It deserves serious examination by researchers specializing in Third World regions, as well as by students and teachers in fields such as political development, rural sociology, and Marxist studies.Johnson, Dale L. is the author of 'Middle Classes in Dependent Countries' with ISBN 9780835784351 and ISBN 0835784355.