The Assistance-Dependent Class: from Exclusion to Inclusion in World Society
In the article I start from the assumption that we are not currently undergoing a systemic crisis of capitalism but a scenario of novel restructurings, driven by new forces of social integration. At the heart of the present capitalist regeneration of world society is a new structure of molecular soc...
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Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Escuela de Historia
2022
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| Sumario: | In the article I start from the assumption that we are not currently undergoing a systemic crisis of capitalism but a scenario of novel restructurings, driven by new forces of social integration. At the heart of the present capitalist regeneration of world society is a new structure of molecular social classes (or classes of individuals), embedded in a less dynamic structure of organic social classes (or classes of countries). At the beginning of the paper, I advance the theoretical development of molecular social classes by recognising four related types: the profit-dependent class, the labour-dependent class, the crime-dependent class, and the assistance-dependent class (ADC). Following this conceptual approach, I concentrate on the sociological analysis of the assistance-dependent class in Latin America. I distinguish between a subclass dependent on state assistance and a subclass dependent on private migrant assistance. According to my estimates, the ADC is the fastest growing social class in world society as a whole. |
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