This book examines the relationship between the middle class and the welfare state. Taking an interpretive approach which understands the middle class as a soci
In many European countries, processes of individualisation have contributed to transforming the middle class into a multitude of people, a sort of ‘middle mas
Originally published in 1987 Not Only the Poor explores the self-interested involvement of the non-poor in the welfare state, particularly the middle class. Usi
Detailed analysis of data from the UN, ILO, and the World Bank leads to the conclusion that a large aged population, especially in combination with democratic p