经济改革以来印度中产阶级的现状

印度中产阶级的规模自经济市场化改革以来迅速扩大，其内部结构和生存状况存在极大差异，但整体特征表现为物质上的消费行为和社会文化资本上对英语的掌握。与其经济成就相比，中产阶级的政治态度备受争议，表现为：观念上的自由主义和保守主义同时并存；对政治缺乏兴趣，投票率低；缺乏公共责任，疏离底层民众。这一现象的形成除了深刻的历史背景外，也与印度独立后现代化的发展及中产阶级自身特征有关。近年来印度社会所发生的许多事情都证明了中产阶级如果不实现政治角色的转变，成为政治变革的参与者，就无法独善其身。

Status Quo of Indian Middle Class after Economic Reform

The size of Indian middle class after economic reform has enlarged. Their inner structures and conditions are varied, but their common marks are the consuming behavior in material and speaking English in social culture capital. By contrast with their economic achievement, the political attitude of Indian middle class is criticized： liberalism and conservatism coexist; they lack interest in politics and election; they lack public responsibility and alienate the bottom society. Except for the history, their political attitude has been influenced by Indian modernization and their own characteristics. What happened in recent years in India has proved the middle class can not maintain their own integrity if they don＇ t change their role and become participants in political reform.