COMMUNICATION BARRIERS TO THE CULTURALLY DEPRIVED.

Authors: AUSTIN, WILLIAM M., MCDAVID, RAVEN I., Chicago Univ., IL., Illinois Inst. of Tech., Chicago.

Peer Reviewed: N

Page Count: 179

Descriptors: Black Dialects, Communication Problems, Disadvantaged, Middle Class, Nonstandard Dialects, Pronunciation, Social Relations, Urban Areas

Geographic Terms: Illinois, Illinois (Chicago)

Ekonomik Büyüme ve Kalkınmanın Önündeki Engel: Gelir Eşitsizliği ve Orta Gelir Tuzağı İlişkisi.

Alternate Title: Obstacle to Economic Growth and Development: Income Inequality and the Middle Income Trap Relationship.

Authors: ÇAĞDAŞ, Yüksel¹ yukselcagdas@ibu.edu.tr

Source: Journal of Finance Letters / Maliye Finans Yazıları Dergisi. Oct2025, Issue 124, p291-315. 25p.

Subject Terms: *INCOME inequality, *MIDDLE class, *MATHEMATICAL statistics, *ECONOMIC development, *REFORMS, *ECONOMIC expansion, PANEL analysis, CAUSAL models

"You Can't Always Get What You Want": Middle‐Class Expectations and Incomplete Social Contracts in the Global South.

Authors: Rougier, Eric¹ (AUTHOR) eric.rougier@u‐bordeaux.fr, Clément, Matthieu¹ (AUTHOR), Combarnous, François¹ (AUTHOR), Darbon, Dominique² (AUTHOR)

Source: Kyklos. Nov2025, Vol. 78 Issue 4, p1463-1478. 16p.

Subject Terms: *MIDDLE class, *BUREAUCRACY, SOCIAL contract, DEVELOPING countries, FRUSTRATION, POLICY sciences, PUBLIC services

Geographic Terms: VIETNAM, BRAZIL

A Different Difference: Nationality, Class, and the Complexities of Localisation at an Indian NGO.

Authors: Goodman, Rachael¹ (AUTHOR) goodman_rg@mercer.edu

Source: Journal of Development Studies. Oct2025, p1-14. 14p.

Subject Terms: *MIDDLE class, *NONGOVERNMENTAL organizations, *PROJECT management, INDIANS (Asians), VILLAGES, SOCIAL classes, CONTEXTUALISM (Philosophy), CITIZENSHIP

Transition of the Post‐Nomadic Districts of Ulaanbaatar.

Authors: Golik, Katarzyna¹ (AUTHOR) katarzyna.golik@g.pl

Source: Developing Economies. Nov2025, p1. 11p. 4 Illustrations.

Subject Terms: *MIDDLE class, *LOCAL government, *URBAN growth, SOCIAL processes, HUMAN settlements, GENTRIFICATION, INTERNAL migrants, CITIES & towns

Geographic Terms: ULAANBAATAR (Mongolia), MONGOLIA

The Impact of Digital Rural Construction on the Formation of the Rural Middle Class: Evidence From China.

Authors: Weng, Jie¹ (AUTHOR), Li, Wang¹ (AUTHOR) liwang9307@163.com, Mou, Hongjie¹ (AUTHOR)

Source: Review of Development Economics. Oct2025, p1. 14p. 3 Illustrations.

Subject Terms: *MIDDLE class, *ECONOMIC development, *FINANCIAL inclusion, *LABOR mobility, *SOCIAL change, DIGITAL divide, LAND title registration & transfer, RURAL development

Geographic Terms: CHINA

Household Portfolios and Retirement Saving over the Life Cycle.

Authors: PARKER, JONATHAN A. (AUTHOR) JAParker@MIT.edu, SCHOAR, ANTOINETTE (AUTHOR), COLE, ALLISON (AUTHOR), SIMESTER, DUNCAN (AUTHOR)

Source: Journal of Finance (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.). Oct2025, Vol. 80 Issue 5, p2739-2787. 49p.

Subject Terms: *INVESTORS, *MIDDLE class, *STOCK ownership, *TARGET-date retirement funds, *RETIREMENT planning, PENSION Protection Act of 2006, PRODUCTIVE life span

Class Conflict and Spatial Domination in the Neoliberal City.

Authors: Castilhos, Rodrigo B (AUTHOR) rodrigo.castilhos@skema.edu

Source: Journal of Consumer Research. Oct2024, Vol. 51 Issue 3, p520-541. 22p.

Subject Terms: *MIDDLE class, *CONSUMER behavior, *HOUSING development, NEOLIBERALISM, SOCIAL conflict, SOCIAL status, HABITUS (Sociology)

Geographic Terms: PORTO Alegre (Brazil)

Beyond Mental and Manual: Investigating the Historical and Contemporary Borderlands Between Working-Class and Middle-Class Masculinities

Authors: Stahl, Garth, Asplund, Stig-Börje, 1973

Source: Sociological Research Online. 30(3):611-628

Subject Terms: borderlands, liminality, masculinities, middle-class, working-class, Pedagogiskt arbete, Educational Work

File Description: electronic

Access URL: https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-102250
https://doi.org/10.1177/13607804241285620

Times Are Changing: Can Indonesia stay the Course?

Authors: Wihardja, Maria Monica¹ (AUTHOR), Ikhsan, Mohamad² (AUTHOR), Alatas, Vivi³ (AUTHOR)

Source: Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies. Aug2025, Vol. 61 Issue 2, p169-204. 36p.

Subject Terms: *FISCAL policy, *MIDDLE class, *ORGANIZATIONAL change, *REFORMS, *INTERNATIONAL relations, *SUSTAINABLE development, INDONESIANS

Geographic Terms: CHINA, INDONESIA

Concentration of income and human development: the role of the middle class.

Authors: Castells-Quintana, David¹ (AUTHOR), Gradín, Carlos² (AUTHOR), Royuela, Vicente³ (AUTHOR)

Source: Oxford Economic Papers. Jul2025, Vol. 77 Issue 3, p703-723. 21p.

Subject Terms: *MIDDLE class, *INCOME inequality, *WEALTH distribution, *HUMAN capital, WELL-being, MATHEMATICAL inequalities, HUMAN Development Index

Takeoffs and Trade: A Sorted Effects Approach.

Authors: Bista, Rishav¹ (AUTHOR) r.bista@tcu.edu, Figueiredo, Erik² (AUTHOR), Sheridan, Brandon³ (AUTHOR)

Source: World Economy. Jul2025, Vol. 48 Issue 7, p1465-1482. 18p.

Subject Terms: *MIDDLE class, *INTERNATIONAL trade, *ECONOMIC expansion, *PRODUCE trade, FIXED effects model

CALENDAR: APRIL 2025.

Source: Kiplinger Personal Finance. Apr2025, Vol. 79 Issue 4, p14-15. 2p. 1 Color Photograph.

Subject Terms: *PERSONAL finance, *MIDDLE class, *PENSIONS, *RETIREMENT planning, WILDFIRES

Politicizing Inequality in Times of Sociocultural Conflict: How New Left and Far Right Voters Think About Inequality.

Authors: Häusermann, Silja¹ (AUTHOR), Palmtag, Tabea¹ (AUTHOR), Zollinger, Delia¹ (AUTHOR) delia.zollinger@ipz.uzh.ch, Abou-Chadi, Tarik² (AUTHOR), Walter, Stefanie¹ (AUTHOR), Berkinshaw, Sarah¹ (AUTHOR)

Source: Politics & Society. Dec2025, Vol. 53 Issue 4, p630-655. 26p.

Subject Terms: *MIDDLE class, *POLITICAL campaigns, *VOTERS, *ATTITUDE (Psychology), *PRACTICAL politics

"Movienews, 'Chicago's Reel Newspaper,' 1933–1937".

Authors: Abel, Richard (AUTHOR)

Source: Film History. Winter2025, Vol. 35 Issue 4, p129-136. 8p.

Subject Terms: *MIDDLE class, *TABLOID newspapers, *FILM critics, *MOTION picture actors & actresses, *RURAL-urban relations

Troubled waters and no bridges: The ecofascisms of an imagined global middle class.

Authors: Cotofana, Alexandra¹ (AUTHOR) Simona.Cotofana@zu.ac.ae

Source: Environment & Planning D: Society & Space. Dec2025, Vol. 43 Issue 6, p947-953. 7p.

Subject Terms: *CLIMATE change, *MIDDLE class, *ISLAMOPHOBIA, *RADICALISM, *SOCIAL media

Geographic Terms: UNITED Arab Emirates

Gentrification in motion: How Detroit’s transformation shapes middle-class parents’ school choices.

Authors: Butler, Alisha¹ (AUTHOR) abutler@wesleyan.edu, Singer, Jeremy² (AUTHOR), Brown, Danica³ (AUTHOR), Taylor, Michelle³ (AUTHOR)

Source: Journal of Urban Affairs. Nov2025, p1-17. 17p. 1 Illustration.

Subject Terms: *GENTRIFICATION, *MIDDLE class families, *SCHOOL choice, *SOCIOECONOMIC factors, *NEIGHBORHOOD characteristics, *URBAN growth, *INNER cities, *SCHOLARLY method

Geographic Terms: DETROIT (Mich.)

Middle-Class Hong Kong Migrants’ Negotiation of Migration Paradoxes: A Life-Course Perspective.

Authors: Ngan, Lucille Lok Sun¹ (AUTHOR) Lucillengan@hsu.edu.hk, Siu, Queenie Kwan Yee² (AUTHOR)

Source: Asian Studies Review. Nov2025, p1-20. 20p.

Subject Terms: *MIDDLE class, *LIFE course approach, *HUMAN migration patterns, *SOCIAL mobility, *PSYCHOLOGICAL stress, *FAMILY relations, *HONGKONGERS, *IMMIGRANTS

Geographic Terms: AUSTRALIA, HONG Kong (China)

A League of Their Own: Halifax Hospital League of Friends.

Authors: Piggott, Robert¹ (AUTHOR)

Source: Northern History. Nov2025, p1-20. 20p.

Subject Terms: *MIDDLE class, *PUBLIC health, *VOLUNTARY hospitals, *PATIENT care, *HISTORICAL source material, *VOLUNTEER service

Geographic Terms: HALIFAX (England)

Company/Entity: GREAT Britain. National Health Service

Social democracy transformed? Party change and union ties.

Authors: Taschwer, Mario T.¹ (AUTHOR) laurenz.ennser@univie.ac.at, Ennser-Jedenastik, Laurenz¹ (AUTHOR) mario.taschwer@univie.ac.at, Reidinger, Verena² (AUTHOR) verena.reidinger@uzh.ch

Source: West European Politics. Nov2025, Vol. 48 Issue 7, p1545-1572. 28p.

Subject Terms: *SOCIAL democracy, *MIDDLE class, *LABOR union members, *POLICY sciences, *WORKING class