1st Edition
Social Class in Modern Britain
336 Pages
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Routledge
332 Pages
by
Routledge
336 Pages
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Routledge
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The book incorporates three alternative conceptions of class. Erik Olin Wright's structural Marxist account is set alongside John Goldthorpe's occupational class schema, and the Registrar-General's prestige and skill-related categories. The authors use their unique data on inequality and conflict in contemporary Britain to provide, for the first time, a rigourous comparison of Marxist,... Read more
List of tables; Preface Social class and social inequality When is a social class? Constructing the Wright classes Class formation and social mobility The structure of class processes The moral order of a capitalist society Making and unmaking class consciousness Goodbye to social class? Class politics Conclusion Bibliography; Appendix - technical details of the British survey; Coda - constructing the Goldthorpe classes; Index
Biography
Marshall, Gordon; Newby, Howard; Rose, David; Vogler, Carol
`There are some very thought-provoking findings here ... The publication of this book, by any standards represents a major landmark in the development of British social research.' - Times Higher Education Supplement
