Skip to main content

Search from vocabulary

Content language

Concept information

Preferred term

middleman minority  

Definition

  • Middleman minority refers to cultural minority populations living in complex interethnic situations and to theories about their livelihood and social position. Their occupational niche generally has been the small family firm or self-employed merchant rather than agro-industrial producer or employee of a large corporation. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Problems; Middleman Minority]

Belongs to group

URI

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

Download this concept: