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2nd ed |
| Descript |
xv, 255 pages ; 23 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-250) and index |
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This text argues that class, far from being a thing of the past, is very much alive. Postmodern theories of "post-class" societies are critically examined, as are the most recent contributions of quantitative sociological approaches such as those of Goldthorpe and Wright |
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1. Explaining Inequality -- 2. Class Analysis: The Classic Inheritance and its Development -- 3. Measuring the 'Class Structure': Goldthorpe and Wright -- 4. Problems of Class Analysis -- 5. Farewell to Social Class? -- 6. Lifestyle, Consumption Categories and Consciousness Communities -- 7. Citizenship, Entitlements and the 'Underclass' -- 8. Retrospect and Prospect |
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Social classes
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Social structure
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