Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-235) and index.
Contents:
Life-style engineering : some theoretical reflections / Hansfried Kellner and Peter L. Berger -- The new class : on the theory of a no longer entirely new phenomenon / Frank W. Heuberger -- Modernizing work : new frontiers in business consulting (West Germany) / Hansfried Kellner and Frank W. Heuberger -- Unexpected convergences : new class, market and welfare state in the world of art (the Netherlands) / Anton M. Bevers and Anton C. Zijderveld -- Symbolic knowledge and market forces at the frontiers of postmodernism : qualitative market researchers (Britain) / Bernice Martin -- The new class as capitalist class : the rise of the moral entrepreneur in America (United States) / James Davison Hunter and Tracy Fessenden -- The new class on the periphery : modernization, professionalism, and clientelism in southern Italy (Italy) / Paolo Jedlowski.
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