Consumos de classe média num Portugal em crise: cultura, lazer e                tecnologias de informação

Pintassilgo, Sónia; Martins, Susana da Cruz

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“…There is some academic literature on values and consumption patterns (see, e.g., Faganel, ) and several economic‐grounded articles and reports that try to measure the impact of the crisis in terms of household wealth (Arrondel, Savignac, & Tracol, ; Wahlen, ) or the burden of financial obligations (Borgeraas, Poppe, & Lavik, ; Hanna, Youh, & Chatterjee, ). From a more sociological perspective, there has been some work on consumption and the crisis in the form of national studies: Some examples are the articles devoted to the consumer strategies of precarious groups and families in Italy (Arcidiacono, ; Secondulfo & Tronca, ) or the middle classes in Portugal (Mauritti & Da Cruz Martins, ), or how nationalism might emerge as a feature of the new politics of consumption (Lekakis, forthcoming). In most of the afore‐mentioned works, there has been an emphasis on the strategic decisions taken by consumers once they are forced to spend less, but despite some attention devoted to the media (e.g., Vihalemm, Keller, and Pihu, ), there has been little interest in social discourses about the crisis and its effects on the sphere of consumption.…”

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“I think the middle class is disappearing”: Crisis perceptions and consumption patterns in Spain

Benito

Rodríguez

Rojo

2017

Int J Consumer Studies

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The aim of this article is to explore social discourses in Spain on the economic crisis under the scenario of austerity policies and cutbacks. The goal is to explore whether social perceptions have changed throughout the crisis that evolved from the collapse of the housing market bubble to a public deficit and debt problem, leading to record rates of unemployment and a dramatic decline in living standards. The long crisis has left an imprint on Spanish society and it is worthwhile exploring how Spanish citizens reflect upon the crisis. To do so, 18 focus groups were organized in two rounds (2010 and 2014) and the results of those group conversations are discussed and compared here. The analysis shows that the participants elaborated not only on reflections about the crisis and on how it has lowered their consumption levels, but also on their further views about the social structure and change. The notorious pessimism of Spaniards about their future, regardless of their class position, is highlighted in the results. A more critical narrative about the crisis seemed to emerge in 2014, leaving behind the guilt‐laden “living beyond our means” discourses that dominated in 2010.

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