1st Edition

The Class Structure of Capitalist Societies, Volume 2 Social Space and Symbolic Domination in Three Nations

By Will Atkinson Copyright 2022
330 Pages 26 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

330 Pages 26 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

330 Pages 26 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The second volume of The Class Structure of Capitalist Societies maps the distribution of social powers and associated properties and lifestyles in unparalleled detail by examining the results of a brand-new survey delivered in Sweden, Germany and the US. Continuing the cross-national investigation of the shape and effects of class systems across capitalist nations, the analyses in Volume 2... Read more

1. Introduction

Part I: The Cases in Context

2. The Logic of Symbolic Domination

3. Social Orders in the Space of States

Part II: Genesis and Structure of Three Social Spaces

4. Sweden: The Origins and Effects of Welfare Capitalism

5. Germany: The Geometry of Power in the Powerhouse of Europe

6. The US: A Space Like Any Other?

Part III: Symbolic Difference and Domination

7. Prologue: The Rare and the Common

8. Symbols of Class

9. Dispositions

10. Symbolic Domination

11. Conclusions

Methodological Appendices

Biography

Will Atkinson is Professor of Sociology in the School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies at the University of Bristol, UK.