's in a word? plenty, when it's the "r" word -- The disappearing middle class -- Capital, wealth, and

democratization6 Rise of the middle class and development of civil society -- 7 Rights protection in the low

Loyalty will make you rethink how Americans can begin to resurrect the middle class

participatory and inclusive, that challenges citizens, especially in the middle class, to confront power

. Corporations were once an integral part of building the middle class. He points out that in their heyday they

-- "Born into the lower-upper-middle" : class -- "Oh, I do like to be beside the seaside" : leisure -- "A

social inclusion to develop a harmonious middle- class society; and enhancing the capacity and

states -- A disparate world : inequality and poverty -- The rise of the global middle class and the high

-depth interviews, focus groups with lower-middle-class saleswomen with headscarves, and ethnographic study in five

restore security and opportunity for the middle class and to foster stronger growth rooted in broadly

The Middle Class in Asia 108 4.13 Education by Wealth Quintile 109 4.14 Health by Wealth Quintile 109

Our roots -- Stalled : today's middle class -- Stuck : today's low-income families -- Soaring above