From Athens to America : the two traditions -- America's middle-class constitution -- The emergence of the plutocracy -- The search for solutions --How economic inequality threatens the Republic -- The future of the middle class constitution

1. Is the world of work behind middle class reshuffling? / Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead, Rosalie Vazquez-Alvarez and Nicolas Maitre -- 2. Is the world of work stimulating middle class growth in the Baltic states? / Jaan Masso, Inta Mierina and Kerly Espenberg -- 3. Social concertation and middle...

"In A Feast of Flowers, Christopher Krupa examines the racial ideologies underlying capitalist expansion in the Global South. Focusing on Ecuador's booming cut-flower sector, Krupa shows how capitalist expansion bound the Global South to new modes of financial dependency and subjected Indigenous...

The role played by ritual in the field of human rights has not been widely remarked or analysed. Here I argue that the triumph of human rights as the predominant language for making social justice claims in the international sphere is partly attributable to the power of certain linguistic and...

"In These Times magazine has charted a staggering rise in inequality and the fall of the American middle class. Here, in a selection from four decades of articles by investigative reporters and progressive thinkers, is the story of our age. It is a tale of shockingly successful corporate...