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... > structuralism > social structures > social stratification > social class > middle class

... > structuralism > social structures > social stratification > social class > middle class

... > structuralism > social structures > social stratification > social class > middle class

... > structuralism > social structures > social stratification > social class > middle class

... > structuralism > social structures > social stratification > social class > middle class

... > structuralism > social structures > social stratification > social class > middle class

... > structuralism > social structures > social stratification > social class > middle class

... > structuralism > social structures > social stratification > social class > middle class

... > structuralism > social structures > social stratification > social class > middle class

... > structuralism > social structures > social stratification > social class > middle class

... > structuralism > social structures > social stratification > social class > middle class

... > structuralism > social structures > social stratification > social class > middle class

... > structuralism > social structures > social stratification > social class > middle class

... > structuralism > social structures > social stratification > social class > middle class

... > structuralism > social structures > social stratification > social class > middle class

... > structuralism > social structures > social stratification > social class > middle class

... > structuralism > social structures > social stratification > social class > middle class

... > structuralism > social structures > social stratification > social class > middle class

... > structuralism > social structures > social stratification > social class > middle class

... > structuralism > social structures > social stratification > social class > middle class

... > structuralism > social structures > social stratification > social class > middle class

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Preferred term

middle class

Definition

Often used in the plural to reflect its internal diversity, this term identifies non-manual workers: ‘middle’ in the sense of enjoying a wide variety of advantages over most manual workers but clearly subordinate to those whose wealth means they need not work. Although wealth and status usually go hand-in-hand, the initial division between middle and working class is not economic; it is social and cultural. [Source: The SAGE Dictionary of Sociology; Middle Class]

Broader concept

social class

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/middle_class

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