pequena burguesia de execução

17:42 Apr 9, 2012
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Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. / categories of social classes
Portuguese term or phrase: pequena burguesia de execução
This is from a recent sociological analysis of a portuguese town. one of the criteria discussed is social class.

"Encontramos também um conjunto de inquiridos classificados como pequena burguesia de execução (PBE) (19,7%) nos quais se incluem predominantemente trabalhadores executantes do sector terciário e dos serviços."

I am pretty sure that "pequena burguesia" is "lower middle class",
"de execução" is maybe "semi-skilled" or just "worker"?
lynnsalt
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4white collar workers
Nick Taylor
4Semi-skilled petty bourgeoisie
Rafael Mondini Bueno
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white collar workers


Explanation:
white collar workers

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Semi-skilled petty bourgeoisie


Explanation:
The "semi-skilled" part is just a guess, but I'm dead sure that "pequena burguesia" is usually translated as "petty bourgeoisie".

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Of course, considering that this text is from a social sciences discipline and, more specifically, of a marxist verve, since any non-marxist scholar (myself included) would avoid the class division (proletariat, petty bourgeoisie, bourgeoisie and so on) advanced by Karl Marx and his followers.


    Reference: http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/1880197?uid=3737664&ui...
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Disciplina: Sociedade e Território- 2007
www.lcqribeiro.pro.br/.../Parte-2-Aula-5-Bourdieu... - Translate this page
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2.b) Pequena burguesia de execução: composta por empregados (trabalhadores não-manuais de nível médio), quadros médios das empresas privadas, ...

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Think Sociology - Google Books Result
books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=0748725636...Paul Stephens, Andrew Leach - 1998 - Social Science - 632 pages
classes, as will be seen below, has its own fairly distinctive life chances. ... society that have a long lineage 4 the 'new middle class' of non-manual employees.

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