Class counts : student edition
Record details
- ISBN: 9780521663946
- ISBN: 9780521663090
- ISBN: 0511488912
- ISBN: 9780511488917
- ISBN: 9780511016813
- ISBN: 0511016816
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (xx, 289 pages) : illustrations.
remote - Publisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-281) and indexes. |
Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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Subject: | Social mobility Social classes Class consciousness SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Social Classes Class consciousness Social mobility Social classes |
Genre: | Electronic books. Electronic books. |
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Summary:
This textbook provides students with a lively and penetrating exploration of the concept of class and its relevance for understanding a wide range of issues in contemporary society. Erik Olin Wright treats class as a common explanatory factor and examines three broad themes: class structure, class and gender, and class consciousness. Specific empirical studies include such diverse topics as class variations in the gender division of labour in housework; friendship networks across class boundaries; the American class structure since 1960; and cross-national variations in class consciousness. The author evaluates these studies in the light of expectations within the Marxist tradition of class analysis. This Student Edition of Class Counts thus combines Wright's sophisticated account of central and enduring questions in social theory with practical analyses of detailed social problems.