Eurasiatica Quaderni di studi su Balcani, Anatolia, Iran, Caucaso e Asia Centrale

Collana | Eurasiatica
Miscellanea | Armenia, Caucaso, Asia Centrale
Capitolo | Modernizzazione dello stato e la metamorfosi della classe media nella capitale dell’Azerbaijan post-sovietico

Modernizzazione dello stato e la metamorfosi della classe media nella capitale dell’Azerbaijan post-sovietico

Abstract

Based on ethnographic methods, this article provides a perspective on the relationship between state-led modernisation process and the emergence of a new middle class in the post-Soviet urban Azerbaijan. Furthermore, it examines the meaning and the characteristics of the Azerbaijani middle class and the way in which the new aspirations modify the everyday life. Due to natural resources, especially oil and gas, the Azerbaijani economy went through rapid growth, at least during the first decades of this century. This engendered stark changes in the country’s social landscape and social stratification. The state used a portion of the revenues from the extractive sector gained during the last two decades to invest in the modernisation of the country and to create new aspirational values for its citizens.


Open access | Peer reviewed

Presentato: 21 Maggio 2018 | Accettato: 13 Giugno 2018 | Pubblicato 15 Novembre 2018 | Lingua: it

Keywords ModernisationIntelligentsiaSocial stratificationAzerbaijanSocietal transformationsMiddle class


leggi questo capitolo