The New Middle Classes Globalizing Lifestyles, Consumerism and Environmental Concern /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Meier, Lars. (Editor), Lange, Hellmuth. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Subjects: Geography.; Sustainable development.; Regional planning.; Social sciences.; Sociology.; Human Geography.; Social Sciences, general.; Sustainable Development.; Regional and Cultural Studies.; Geography (general).
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9938-0

The new middle classes of developing countries are held responsible for boosting extremely resource-intensive lifestyles beyond the OECD-world thus thwarting ongoing efforts to attain a more sustainable future. But how homogeneous are their consumption patterns and why should not globalization inclu...

Table of Contents:

• From the contents Part I. Modernities, Globalization and Consumption
• Part II. New Middle Classes in China, Brazil, Ecuador and Israel
• Part III. New Middle Classes in India
• Index.