TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2003//
TI  - Does the New Middle Class Lead Today's Social Movements?
JO  - Critical sociology
A1  - Cleveland, John W.
SP  - 163
EP  - 188
VL  - 29
IS  - 2
N2  - The conventional wisdom that today's movements are led by a section of the `new middle class' is really the old functionalist theory of (post)modernizing elites that denies class analysis. The `young adult nucleus' thesis is proposed as an alternative theory. The leading social forces in movements in affluent countries are intellectual radicals and `advanced elements' from groups that experience some form of exploitation, oppression or collective hurt. They are Gramscian intellectuals as opposed to professional intellectuals. They are people who took the `opportunity during socialization' when young adults to choose what often became a lifelong `activist career' for social justice.<p /> 
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SN  - 0896-9205
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156916303769155797
ID  - ref1
ER  -