Middle classes and rurality: The expansion of urban middle classes and new social inequalities in Colombia

In this article I analyse the relationship between rurality and middle classes. Few recent studies on middle classes have examined the role of rurality within middle class expansion processes at the global scale. I conducted a critical analysis of rurality and the middle classes in light of a recent...

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Environment
Land distribution
Middle classes
Rurality
Social inequalities
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spelling 0be1f8c6-afc4-4570-b589-ae083de45e94-12020-05-25T23:55:47Z2020-05-25T23:55:47Z2017In this article I analyse the relationship between rurality and middle classes. Few recent studies on middle classes have examined the role of rurality within middle class expansion processes at the global scale. I conducted a critical analysis of rurality and the middle classes in light of a recent proliferation of studies on global middle classes. This proliferation may be reflective of an evolving political and academic discourse within mainstream institutions, aimed at promoting the expansion of urban middle classes. Consequently, a critical analysis of this political and academic discourse attending to the various impacts of the expansion of urban middle classes on nature, and on rural areas and populations, is required. I applied mixed research methods in a case study of Colombia. The results indicated a paradox inherent in the expansion of middle classes. On the one hand, this expansion is aimed at reducing general social inequalities, and yet, on the other hand, it increases rural (and urbanrural) inequalities. Moreover, the expansion of urban middle classes reproduces land concentration and has negative impacts on nature. Concurrently, connections between urban and rural populations, along with new ruralities encompassing urban middle class populations, are evolving under the banner of sustainability. These trends reflect the complexity of structures of inequality in the connections between rural and urban populations. © 2017 Mattersburger Kreis fur Entwicklungspolitik. All rights reserved.application/pdfhttps://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/22217engMattersburger Kreis fur Entwicklungspolitik84No. 463Journal fur EntwicklungspolitikVol. 33Journal fur Entwicklungspolitik, Vol.33, No.4 (2017); pp. 63-84https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85045025689&partnerID=40&md5=6aee28830b41b1b79a8cdef5801294b7Abierto (Texto Completo)http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2instname:Universidad del Rosarioreponame:Repositorio Institucional EdocUREnvironmentLand distributionMiddle classesRuralitySocial inequalitiesMiddle classes and rurality: The expansion of urban middle classes and new social inequalities in ColombiaarticleArtículohttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501Melo J.B.10336/22217oai:repository.urosario.edu.co:10336/222172022-05-02 07:37:20.290396https://repository.urosario.edu.coRepositorio institucional EdocURedocur@urosario.edu.co
dc.title.spa.fl_str_mv Middle classes and rurality: The expansion of urban middle classes and new social inequalities in Colombia
title Middle classes and rurality: The expansion of urban middle classes and new social inequalities in Colombia
spellingShingle Middle classes and rurality: The expansion of urban middle classes and new social inequalities in Colombia
Environment
Land distribution
Middle classes
Rurality
Social inequalities
title_short Middle classes and rurality: The expansion of urban middle classes and new social inequalities in Colombia
title_full Middle classes and rurality: The expansion of urban middle classes and new social inequalities in Colombia
title_fullStr Middle classes and rurality: The expansion of urban middle classes and new social inequalities in Colombia
title_full_unstemmed Middle classes and rurality: The expansion of urban middle classes and new social inequalities in Colombia
title_sort Middle classes and rurality: The expansion of urban middle classes and new social inequalities in Colombia
dc.subject.keyword.spa.fl_str_mv Environment
Land distribution
Middle classes
Rurality
Social inequalities
topic Environment
Land distribution
Middle classes
Rurality
Social inequalities
description In this article I analyse the relationship between rurality and middle classes. Few recent studies on middle classes have examined the role of rurality within middle class expansion processes at the global scale. I conducted a critical analysis of rurality and the middle classes in light of a recent proliferation of studies on global middle classes. This proliferation may be reflective of an evolving political and academic discourse within mainstream institutions, aimed at promoting the expansion of urban middle classes. Consequently, a critical analysis of this political and academic discourse attending to the various impacts of the expansion of urban middle classes on nature, and on rural areas and populations, is required. I applied mixed research methods in a case study of Colombia. The results indicated a paradox inherent in the expansion of middle classes. On the one hand, this expansion is aimed at reducing general social inequalities, and yet, on the other hand, it increases rural (and urbanrural) inequalities. Moreover, the expansion of urban middle classes reproduces land concentration and has negative impacts on nature. Concurrently, connections between urban and rural populations, along with new ruralities encompassing urban middle class populations, are evolving under the banner of sustainability. These trends reflect the complexity of structures of inequality in the connections between rural and urban populations. © 2017 Mattersburger Kreis fur Entwicklungspolitik. All rights reserved.
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