1st Edition

Class, Politics and the Economy (Routledge Revivals)

By Stewart Clegg, Paul Boreham, Geoff Dow Copyright 1986
460 Pages
by Routledge

460 Pages
by Routledge

462 Pages
by Routledge

This study, first published in 1986, provides a systematic account of the processes and structure of class formation in the major advanced capitalist societies. The focus is on the organizational mechanisms of class cohesion and division, theoretically deriving from a neo-Marxian perspective. Chapters consider the organization and structure of the ‘corporate ruling class’, the middle class and... Read more

Acknowledgements;  Introduction;  1. Class, accumulation and crisis  2. Marx and Engels: class formation, class structure and class struggle  3. Weber: economic class and civil status  4. The concentration of capital and the petty bourgeoisie  5. The organization and structure of the corporate ruling class  6. The new middle class: organization, division and incorporation  7. The working class: structure, segmentation and control  8. Class organization and the state  9. Class politics and the economy;  Bibliography;  Author Index;  Subject Index

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Stewart Clegg, Paul Boreham, Geoff Dow