Évolution des modèles d’implantation de la villégiature sur le littoral tunisois by Sondès Zaier, Hichem Rejeb, Pierre Donadieu

“…These new settlements, built according to a step-by-step process, have generated several urban models transforming an abandoned area to an authentic touristic and resort destination for the upper middle classes as well as a popular place for summer leisure.…”
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“Defendendo” a sociedade: um estudo sobre as trajetórias de oito juízes by Ricardo Visser, Gustavo Siqueira

“…Taking into account quantitative data and also our qualitative research, it was observed that there is a correspondence between both analytical levels which leads to the perception that judges are mainly recruited in the middle and upper middle classes. Taking them as observers of national politics and public policies, we do not intend to reconstruct the political “mentality” of the judges, but to indicate a persisting pattern in their discourses and standpoints. …”
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A New Look at the Victorian ‘Criminal Classes’: A View from the Archives by Philippe Chassaigne

“…In particular, interpreting the adoption of repressive legislation in the wake of the 1860s ‘moral panics’ (1863 Garotters’ Act, 1864 Penal Servitude Act, 1869 and 1871 Habitual Criminals Acts) as a means for the ruling middle classes of comforting and legitimising their political and social hegemony by labelling certain inferior social groups as a ‘criminal class’ (or ‘underclass’, or ‘residuum’) and making them the target of police and justice repression, has proved to be a particularly popular and enduring line of thought (see Jennifer Davis et alii). …”
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Corps sensible, environnement urbain moderniste by Françoise Michel-Jones

“…From the point of view of an anthropology of vision, this article explores the relationship between sensing body and urban environment, particularly the perceptive and cognitive changes that occurred in the West of the 1960s, as fascinatingly depicted by Jacques Tati in a film—Playtime—that became a cinema classic.A master of filmed description and analysis of the typical social gestures and behaviours of the urban middle classes, Jacques Tati offers a film intended as “audio-visual” film “material”, rather than a filmed account of a story centred on a subject. …”
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Social Undertones in William Robinson’s Crusade Against ‘Architects’ Gardens’: a ‘Costly Ugliness to Our Beautiful Home-landscapes’ (Robinson 1892, XIII) by Aurélien Wasilewski

“…This natural aesthetics also theoretically entailed less care and fewer costs, which appealed to aspiring Victorian middle-classes who could acquire and share horticultural knowledge in the columns of Robinson’s popular gardening magazines. …”
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Espaces publics et mixité culturelle, pour un renouvellement du tourisme tunisien by Saloua Toumi, Roland Vidal

“…In the sixties, Bourguiba’s Tunisia had made the choice of developing a seaside tourism mainly aimed at the European middle classes. The economic efficiency of that choice, which resulted in the definition of coastal zones entirely devoted to tourism, has proved itself for several decades – up to the point that the economy of tourism has become one of the main sources of income for the country. …”
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La géographie des élections en Algérie, de 2007 à 2017 by Gilles Van Hamme

“…It reflects the lack of support for the regime from urban popular classes and/or intellectual middle classes concentrated in large cities. Conversely, electoral participation and support for the government – even if it remains a minority in proportion to the voting-age population – are higher in rural and peripheral areas, although with considerable regional and local differences as illustrated by the example of Kabylie, a true stronghold of opposition to the government. …”
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Political Crisis in France: «Gilets Jaunes» and the End of the «First Period» of the Emmanuel Macron’s Governance by E. O. Obichkina

“…From a philosophical point of view, it seems to be a reaction of outsiders to deep social transformations associated with the pauperization of the middle classes, globalization, waves of migration and the digital revolution. …”
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Gardé·es à vue. Domination(s) et reconfigurations des rapports entre manifestant·es et policier·es pendant le hirak (2019-2021) by Lina Benchekor

“…In addition, the class allegiances of those arrested give rise to what appears to be a class struggle between activists and police officers, with those arrested often coming from the upper middle classes. However, these two parties do not constitute two homogenous, enemy blocs. …”
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