Socioeconomic Mobility, Expectations and Attitudes Towards Inequality in Brazil

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ID4016563
AuthorsA Salata (0000-0002-7236-4917, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul), Celi Scalon (0000-0002-9477-3156, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro)
Year2020
Volume10
Issue2
Pages647-676
Publication date2020-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSociologia & Antropologia (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2236-7527 • E-ISSN: 2238-3875
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/2238-38752020v10213
OpenAlexW3097682564
SCIELO_PIDS2238-38752020000200647
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited26

After the end of the political and economic cycle that gave rise to the phenomenon that became known as the Brazilian new middle class, in this article we argue that this reading was not limited to verifying the increase in income and consume power of thousands of families, but also framed it within a broader narrative that has hindered the sociological investigation of the phenomenon. Thus, our first objective is to develop, with the support of empirical data from the National Household Sample Survey (PNAD-IBGE), an alternative interpretation of the changes observed in Brazilian society in recent years. Our second objective is to reflect, with the help of data from the Survey on the Middle Class (CESOP-UNICAMP-2008), and also from qualitative research previously prepared by the authors, on the possible impacts of these changes on the expectations of individuals and, thus, on their perceptions and attitudes towards the enormous inequalities still present in the country

Demographic economics · Economics · Explanatory power · Inequality · Interpretation (philosophy · Middle class · Narrative · Perception · Phenomenon · Political science · Politics · Population · Power (physics · Sample (material · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Survey data collection · Survey sampling · Demography · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies · Psychology · Social and Cultural Dynamics

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