A Bright Stinginess

Waste ◽  
2018 ◽  
pp. 133-158
Author(s):  
Eiko Maruko Siniawer
Keyword(s):  
Middle Class ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Economic Prosperity ◽  
Standards Of Living ◽  
Corporate Focus

Even as there were significant shifts in understandings of waste and waste consciousness in the early 1970s, the desires and values which had been shaped by growing material and economic prosperity endured. A new, “bright kechi (stinginess)” was not to sacrifice comfort, mean going without, compromise standards of living, or cause hardship. The centrality of consumption to daily life, corporate focus on the maximization of profit, influence of marketing and advertising, and longing for convenience and comfort persisted. The calls to reign in excess, to appreciate what had been attained, and to preserve middle-class lifestyles, revealed the depth and tenacity of the hopes and expectations forged in the making of a wealthy Japan.

Reframing Solidarity: Company Magazine as Family Album

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-67
Author(s):  
Courtney Maloney
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Middle Class ◽  
Labor Unions ◽  
Union Membership ◽  
Cultural Dimension ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Standards Of Living ◽  
Concomitant Reduction ◽  
The Moment ◽  
The U.S

We are witnessing a time of shrinking labor unions across the globe. Among member states of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, rates of union membership have declined from 30% in 1985 to 20% today (McCarthy 2017). In the U.S., the current rate is just 10.7% (Yadoo 2018). We have seen along with this the concomitant reduction in working-class and middle-class standards of living. Technological, political, and economic factors have impacted this change, but there is a cultural dimension to it as well. From the moment industrial unions in the U.S. gained power, corporations began to counter workingclass solidarity with alternative narratives that emphasized individualism, domesticity, and leisure. This article illuminates such efforts with a reading of one particularly sophisticated example from the mid-twentieth century, in which a steel corporation’s company magazine used workers’ own participation and self-representations in an effort to reorient notions of solidarity toward an identification with the corporation as family.

scholarly journals Wage Earners in India 1500–1900:Regional Approaches in an International Context

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Household Income ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Economic Systems ◽  
Power Relationships ◽  
International Context ◽  
Standards Of Living ◽  
Working People ◽  
Economic Developments ◽  
Academic Topic ◽  
Wage Earners

The study of wage levels and the purchasing power of wages is often viewed as a specialized academic topic of little concern to the wider public. This is far from being the case, as this book demonstrates. The study of wages opens up vistas of the daily life of the working people, of their standards of living and, therefore, addresses questions of larger economic developments and unequal power relationships in a region. Wage Earners in India 1500–1900: Regional Approaches in an International Context brings together several scholars—young and veteran—to study new data and reinterpret older data from a fresh methodological perspective to locate India within global economic systems more effectively. This book • identifies previously unused and unpublished material for the study of wages • underlines the importance of wages as a source of income for Indians from early times • demonstrates the trends in wages over the period under review • stresses the need to take women into account for the reconstruction of household income

Portrait of a civic elite

2020 ◽  
pp. 18-48
Author(s):  
Alice Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Middle Class ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Social Mobility ◽  
Economic Changes ◽  
Standards Of Living ◽  
Dynamic Community ◽  
Class Community

This chapter sketches a group portrait of Belfast’s middle-class elite, taking in geographical, religious and class origins, education, wealth, and standards of living. A key focus of this chapter is the mid-century civic elite: that is, those people who dominated municipal life in Belfast in the middle decades of the century. The chapter does, however, go beyond this group, using various case-studies to branch into a much broader discussion of middle-class wealth, standards of living and social mobility. It provides an overview of the Victorian middle-class community as a whole. A fresh look is cast on suburbanisation and how it affected Belfast’s middle-class community. Suburbanisation is a phenomenon related to social mobility and demographic and economic changes, and as such is highly relevant when studying a dynamic community over a period of time.

Consumption Intensified: The Politics of Middle Class Daily Life in Brazil

2003 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 430 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeni Vaitsman ◽  
Maureen O'Dougherty
Keyword(s):  
Middle Class ◽  
Daily Life

Investment, Organizational and Environmental Aspects of Regulation of Small and Medium Business

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 1841
Author(s):  
Arseniy KRIKUNOV ◽  
Ainur UTEUBAYEVA ◽  
Berik NAZHMIDENOV ◽  
Ansar KABIEV ◽  
Kulyash SYZDYKOVA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Middle Class ◽  
National Economy ◽  
Energy Transport ◽  
Ecosystem Stability ◽  
Environmental Standards ◽  
Economic Prosperity ◽  
Environmental Aspects ◽  
Competitive Economy

The development of small and medium-sized businesses, which is the main source of employment, attracting investments, the foundation for building a competitive economy, is one of the main priorities for the development of the national economy. In European countries, it is SMEs, within which the middle class is formed, that are the basis of stability and economic prosperity. Increased air pollution negatively affects human health and ecosystem stability. This indicator makes it possible to assess the environmental impact of certain sectors, in particular: energy, transport, industry, agriculture and waste management. In this regard, the state is trying to take measures to maintain and improve the environment through financing and tightening environmental standards.

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