2021/04/09 by Bruno Cousin, Sébastien Chauvin · 1 citation
Social Sciences · Psychology · #Elite Sociology and Global Capitalism #Labor Movements and Unions #Social and Cultural Dynamics #Bourgeoisie #Globalization #Consciousness #Petite bourgeoisie #Inequality #Political economy #Sociology #Consumption (sociology) #Political science #Economic geography #Social science #Development economics #Economics #Politics #Psychology #Law
paper · doi:10.1111/soc4.12883
openalex publication_date 2021/04/09 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
Abstract In recent decades, accelerating processes of globalization and an increase in economic inequality in most of the world's countries have raised the question of the emergence of a new bourgeoisie integrated at the global level, sometimes described as a global super‐bourgeoisie. This group would be distinguished by its unequaled level of wealth and global interconnectedness, its transnational ubiquity and concentration in the planet's major global cities, its specific culture, consumption habits, sites of sociability and shared references, and even by class consciousness and capacity to act collectively. This article successively discusses how the social sciences have examined these various dimensions of the question and begun to provide systematic empirical answers.