Across Europe, mainstream parties are ... Liberal democracy relies on a strong and secure middle class. When citizens have a sense of upward mobility and economic stability, they support centrist ...

but geography seemed to matter least for high-income children and most for poor and middle class kids. Regions in the Southeast and Midwest were toughest for upward mobility, and cities like ...

According to the political economist S Akbar Zaidi, approximately 35 to 40 percent of the population in Pakistan can be described as middle class ... their upward mobility in Europe and the ...