Egypt and the Myth of the New Middle Class: A Comparative Analysis
- 1 October 1967
- journal article
- aspects of-political-community
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Comparative Studies in Society and History
- Vol. 10 (1) , 46-65
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0010417500004709
Abstract
Authors in recent literature on developing polities have been searching for a middle class that could and, some even argue, should assume primary responsibility for all phases of development: social, economic, and political. This middle class has been identified as the New Middle Class (NMC). In contrast to the “old” middle class, the authors maintain, the NMC will create leaders; is more numerous; possesses organizational skills; is honest; develops forward-looking “new men”; in short, is shouldering, and should shoulder, social and political change.Keywords
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