S. Mau

Inequality, Marketization and the Majority Class: Why Did the European Middle Classes Accept Neo-Liberalism? - Macmillan Master Series S. Mau

Marc Notes: 'Inequality, Marketization and the Majority Class' addresses the question of why the European middle classes were ready to accept some of the key features of neo-liberalism. Biographical Note: 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 Model2. Individualization and Tolerance for Inequality3. Middle Class Investors in Affluent Societies4. Privatized Old Age Provision, Privatized Future 5. Home Ownership and Home Voting6. The New Culture of Indebtedness7. Self-Enhancement: Investing in Education8. Economic Problems and Political Dilemmas9. Light at the End of the Tunnel?