Europe's Disappearing Middle Class?

Edited by Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead

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Abstract: While recent studies have highlighted the phenomenon and risks of increased inequalities between the top and the bottom of society, little research has so far been carried out on trends relating to the median income range that generally represents the middle class. This volume examines the following questions: what are the main transformations in the world of work over the last 20 years in terms of the labour market, social dialogue, and conditions of work, wages and incomes that may have affected the middle class? How has the middle class been altered by the financial and economic crisis? What are the long-term trends for the middle class in Europe?

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Politics and Public Policy Social Policy and Sociology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
ISBN: 9781786430595
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Is the world of work behind middle-class erosion? , pp 1-61

Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead, Rosalia Vazquez-Alvarez and Nicolas Maître

Ch 2 Is the world of work stimulating middle-class growth in the Baltic states? , pp 62-111

Jaan Masso, Inta Mierina and Kerly Espenberg

Ch 3 Social concertation and middle-class stability in Belgium , pp 112-159

Sarah Kuypers and Ive Marx

Ch 4 Transformation in the world of work and the middle class: The French experience , pp 160-197

Pierre Courtioux and Christine Erhel

Ch 5 The erosion of the German middle class: The end of the ‘levelled-out, middle-class society’? , pp 198-243

Gerhard Bosch and Thorsten Kalina

Ch 6 The middle classes in the Greek Great Depression: Dissolution or resilience? , pp 244-278

Maria Karamessini and Stefanos Giakoumatos

Ch 7 Is Hungary still in search of its middle class? , pp 279-322

István Tóth

Ch 8 Middle incomes in boom and bust: The Irish experience , pp 323-359

Bertrand Maître and Brian Nolan

Ch 9 The middle class in Italy: Reshuffling, erosion, polarization , pp 360-395

Annamaria Simonazzi and Teresa Barbieri

Ch 10 Stagnating incomes and the middle class in the Netherlands: Running to stand still? , pp 396-440

Wiemer Salverda

Ch 11 Still holding on? Inequality, labour market and middle-income groups in Portugal , pp 441-494

Pilar González, António Figueiredo, Hugo Figueiredo and Luis Delfim Santos

Ch 12 Knocking on heaven’s door: Changes in the world of work and the middle class in Spain , pp 495-542

Rafael Muñoz de Bustillo and José Ignacio Antón

Ch 13 The rise and fall of the Swedish middle class? , pp 543-585

Dominique Anxo

Ch 14 How have middle-income households fared in unequal Britain? A focus on work and employment trends , pp 586-632

Damian Grimshaw and Anthony Rafferty

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