Social class in Italy
Social classes in Italy are bourgeoisie, white-collar middle class, urban petite bourgeoisie, rural petite bourgeoisie, urban working class and rural working class.
1970s Italian social classes according to Labini">Paolo Sylos Labini">Labini
In his Essay on social classes the Italian economist Paolo Sylos Labini presented the following classification, based on his analysis of income distribution:- Bourgeoisie, composed by big urban and rural landowners; entrepreneurs and managers of stock companies; autonomous professionals;Petite bourgeoisie
- * Clerical petite bourgeoisie
- * Relatively autonomous petite bourgeoisie: farmers, artisans, traders;
- * Petite bourgeoisie composed by particular categories, such as militaries and clergymen;
- Working class;
- Lumpenproletariat.