[ La classe moyenne marocaine: Evolution et présentation ]
Volume 6, Issue 4, July 2014, Pages 801–815
Sawssan Boufous1 and Mohamed Khariss2
1 Department of Economics, Mohammed V University Souissi, Rabat, Morocco
2 Centre d'Etudes Doctorales : Droit & Economie, Equipe de Recherche en Finance, Politique Economique et Compétitivité de l'Entreprise, Faculté des Sciences Juridiques, Economiques et Sociales - Souissi, Université Mohammed V - Rabat, Morocco
Original language: French
Copyright © 2014 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The notion of inequality usually refers to the social inequalities so the reflection mostly stops by only one point judged as the criterion of the stratification: the purchasing power. That could both: allow a social ascension if it is improved or in the most obscurantist expectation aggravate the social exclusion if it is reduced. According to the history, the social stratification concerned all civilized societies, with the predominance of extremities: the upper and the poorest classes, it is only through changes of manners and savings that a new social caste lying between the two could be generated. Moroccan society has experienced this same pattern. This article reviews the first birth of the Moroccan middle class, its evolution, and then its characteristics in the current context.
Author Keywords: Middle class, Auto-identification, Economic approach, Socio-professional profile, Indebtedness.
Volume 6, Issue 4, July 2014, Pages 801–815
Sawssan Boufous1 and Mohamed Khariss2
1 Department of Economics, Mohammed V University Souissi, Rabat, Morocco
2 Centre d'Etudes Doctorales : Droit & Economie, Equipe de Recherche en Finance, Politique Economique et Compétitivité de l'Entreprise, Faculté des Sciences Juridiques, Economiques et Sociales - Souissi, Université Mohammed V - Rabat, Morocco
Original language: French
Copyright © 2014 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
The notion of inequality usually refers to the social inequalities so the reflection mostly stops by only one point judged as the criterion of the stratification: the purchasing power. That could both: allow a social ascension if it is improved or in the most obscurantist expectation aggravate the social exclusion if it is reduced. According to the history, the social stratification concerned all civilized societies, with the predominance of extremities: the upper and the poorest classes, it is only through changes of manners and savings that a new social caste lying between the two could be generated. Moroccan society has experienced this same pattern. This article reviews the first birth of the Moroccan middle class, its evolution, and then its characteristics in the current context.
Author Keywords: Middle class, Auto-identification, Economic approach, Socio-professional profile, Indebtedness.
Abstract: (french)
Quand on parle d'inégalités, on fait généralement référence aux inégalités sociales. A ce stade la réflexion se fixe sur deux extrêmes soit l'amélioration dudit pouvoir d'achat et de là la marche vers une ascension sociale soit sa dégradation et qui à son tour renvoie à l'exclusion sociale et ce dans les anticipations les plus obscurantistes. En revenant à l'histoire, on relève que la stratification sociale a depuis longtemps concerné toutes les sociétés civilisées, avec la prédominance des extrémités : la classe aisée et la classe pauvre, ce n'est que grâce aux évolutions des mœurs et des économies que l'émergence d'une nouvelle caste sociale se situant entre les deux a été engendrée. La société marocaine a vécu ce même schéma. Ce présent travail narre en premier lieu la naissance de la classe moyenne marocaine et son évolution, puis s'active pour la présenter et dégager ses spécificités dans le contexte actuel.
Author Keywords: Classe moyenne, Auto-identification, Approche économique, Profil socioprofessionnel, Endettement.
How to Cite this Article
Sawssan Boufous and Mohamed Khariss, “The Moroccan middle class: Evolution and Presentation,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 801–815, July 2014.
