Social Class in Modern Britain Contributor(s): Marshall, Gordon (Author), Newby, Howard (Author), Rose, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 113816304X ISBN-13: 9781138163041 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $39.55 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General |
Dewey: 305.509 |
Physical Information: 336 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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, sociological and official class frameworks. The book ranges widely across such topics as sectionalism in the workforce; privatism of families and individuals; fatalism; gender and class processes; sectoral production and consumption cleavages. The authors conclude that class is still crucial in structuring economic, political and social life. |