Capital Labour And The Middle Classes Rle Social Theory

Author : John Urry,Nicholas Abercrombie
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2014-08-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317652199

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Capital, Labour and the Middle Classes (RLE Social Theory) by John Urry,Nicholas Abercrombie Pdf

Most recent sociological work on the theory of class is based on a distinction between Weberian and Marxist approaches. For the first part of this volume, the authors use this distinction to review the literature on the middle class, concentrating particularly on the traditions of Marxist theory and of the more empirical work inspired by Max Weber. They show, however, that this distinction is of limited utility in reconstructing a theory of the middle class.

Author : Nicholas Abercrombie,John Urry
Publisher : Unwin Hyman
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1983-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0043011462

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Capital, Labour, and the Middle Classes by Nicholas Abercrombie,John Urry Pdf

Author : Bob Carter
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2014-08-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317652168

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Capitalism, Class Conflict and the New Middle Class (RLE Social Theory) by Bob Carter Pdf

Non-manual workers are fast becoming the largest occupational category in Western capitalist countries. This is the first book to present a detailed socialist analysis of this much discussed change in the class structure of contemporary capitalism. Focusing on the class position of managerial and supervisory workers, Robert Carter takes as his starting-point the inadequacy of both orthodox Marxist and Weberian models of class relations. Rather, he concurs with recent structuralist theorists of class who maintain that there exists between capital and labour in the process of producing a new middle class. He parts company from the work of these theorists, however, in his insistence that the organisation and consciousness of the new middle class have also to be examined because of the practical consequences these have on class relations. The book therefore examines the historical rise of the middle class, both in the private and the state sector, together with the tendency of the class to respond to its changing relations with capital and labour by unionising. It is sharply critical of the dominant models of the causes and nature of white-collar unionism – both industrial relations and Weberian ones – and indeed rejects these models in favour of a perspective which views the extent and nature of middle-class unionism within the dynamics of class relations.

Author : Mark L. Wardell,Stephen P. Turner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2014-08-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317651000

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Sociological Theory in Transition (RLE Social Theory) by Mark L. Wardell,Stephen P. Turner Pdf

Current sociological theories appear to have lost their general persuasiveness in part because, unlike the theories of the ‘classical era’, they fail to maintain an integrated stance toward society, and the practical role that sociology plays in society. The authors explore various facets of this failure and possibilities for reconstructing sociological theories as integrated wholes capable of conveying a moral and political immediacy. They discuss the evolution of several concepts (for example, the social, structure, and self) and address the significant disputes (for example, structuralism versus humanism, and individual versus society) that have dominated twentieth-century sociological thought. Their ideas and analyses are directed towards an audience of students and theorists who are coming to terms with the project of sociological theory, and its relationship with moral discourses and political practice. The authors of these essays are sociological theorists from the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada. They are all established, but not ‘establishment’ authors. The book contains no orthodoxies, and no answers. However, the essays do contribute to identifying the range of issues that will constitute the agenda for the next generation of sociological theorists.

Author : Bryan S. Turner,Nicholas Abercrombie,Stephen Hill
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2014-09-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317652410

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Dominant Ideologies (RLE Social Theory) by Bryan S. Turner,Nicholas Abercrombie,Stephen Hill Pdf

In this volume leading international scholars elaborate upon the central issues of the analysis of ideology: the nature of dominant ideologies. The ways in which ideologies are transmitted; their effects on dominant and subordinate social classes in different societies; the contrast between individualistic and collectivist belief systems; and the diversity of cultural forms that coexist within the capitalist form of economic organization. This book is distinctive in its empirical and comparative approach to the study of the economic and cultural basis of social order, and in the wide range of societies that it covers. Japan, Germany and the USA constitute the core of the modern global economy, and have widely differing historical roots and cultural traditions. Argentina and Australia are white settler societies on the periphery of the capitalist world-system and as a result have certain common features, that are cut across in turn by social and political developments peculiar to each. Britain after a decade of Thatcherism is an interesting test of the efficacy of an ideological project designed to change the cultural values of a population. Poland shows the limitations of the imposition of a state socialist ideology, and the cultural complexities that result.

Author : Bryan S. Turner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2014-08-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317652434

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Citizenship and Capitalism (RLE Social Theory) by Bryan S. Turner Pdf

In this study of politics in capitalist society Bryan Turner explores the development of citizenship as a way of demonstrating the effective use of political institutions by the working class and other subordinate groups to promote their interests. Marxist criticisms of reformism are rejected; it is shown that subordinate groups can achieve significant advances in social and economic rights, and that democracy is not a sham but a necessary mechanism for the pursuit of interests.

Author : Piotr Sztompka
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2014-08-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317652588

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Agency and Structure (RLE Social Theory) by Piotr Sztompka Pdf

A striking feature of the human condition is its dual, contradictory, inherently split character; on the one hand, autonomy and freedom; on the other, constraint and dependence on social structure. This volume addresses this central problem of the linkage between human action and social structure in sociological and social science theory. Contributions cover several different approaches to the agency-structure problematic, and represent the work of a number of leading international sociologists. Their efforts point to a reorientation of social theory, both on philosophical and methodological levels.

Author : Nigel Thrift,Peter Williams
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2014-09-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317652083

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Class and Space (RLE Social Theory) by Nigel Thrift,Peter Williams Pdf

This book is abut the place of space in the study of class formation. It consists of a set of papers that fix on different aspects of the human geography of class formation at different points in the history of Britain and the United States over the course of the last 200 years. The book shows that the geography of class formation is a valuable and cross-disciplinary tool in the study of modern societies, integrating the work of human geographers with that of social historians, sociologists, social anthropologists and other social scientists in an enterprise which emphasises the essential unity of social science.

Author : Zoe Adams
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2023-02-02
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780192857774

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The Legal Concept of Work by Zoe Adams Pdf

"Why do we think about some practices as work, and not others? Why do we classify certain capacities as economically valuable skills, and others as innate characteristics? What, moreover, is the role of law in shaping our answers to these questions?" These are just some of the queries explored by Zoe Adams's analysis of the legal construction, and regulation, of work. Spanning from the 14th century to the present day, The Legal Concept of Work explores how the role of law and legal concepts comes to consider some forms of human labour as work, and some forms of human labour as non-work. It examines why perceptions of these activities can change over time, and how legal constitution impacts the way in which work comes to be regulated, organised, and valued. As part of the analysis, the book presents a series of case studies, ranging from the publishing industry, academia, medicine, and retail, with a view of illustrating some of the regulatory challenges different types of work face, in the context of capitalism.

Author : Pat Walker
Publisher : South End Press
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0896080374

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Between Labor and Capital by Pat Walker Pdf

The lead essay by Barbara and John Ehrenreich opens the debate about the nature of the "middle class." Do those who work between labor and capital constitute a third class, or will different sectors tend to ally with either the working class or the capitalist class, or is a whole new conception of the dynamics of social change necessary?

Author : Tim Butler,Mike Savage
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134217588

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Social Change And The Middle Classes by Tim Butler,Mike Savage Pdf

First Published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Peter Hamilton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2014-08-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317634980

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Knowledge and Social Structure (RLE Social Theory) by Peter Hamilton Pdf

The primary concern of this study is to present, elucidate and analyse the developments which have characterized the sociology of knowledge, and which have set for it the outlines of its major problematics. Peter Hamilton examines the most distinctive approaches to the determinate relationship between knowledge and social structure. He considers the three main ‘pre-paradigms’ of the sociology of knowledge based on the work of Marx, Durkheim and Weber, and looks at the contribution of Scheler, Mannheim and phenomenological studies to this complex field. He explores the intellectual context, particularly that of Enlightenment philosophy, in which the problems involved in producing a sociology of knowledge first came to light. In conclusion, the author suggests an inclusive perspective for approaching the difficulties posed in any attempt to describe and explain relations between knowledge and social structure.

Author : Richard Badham
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2014-08-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317650522

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Theories of Industrial Society (RLE Social Theory) by Richard Badham Pdf

The concept of industrial society plays a dominant role in the social sciences. The ‘Great Divide’ between pre-industrial and industrial societies is commonly assumed to be the main bridge separating modern societies from the past, and distinguishing ‘developed’ from ‘undeveloped’ states in the present era. In history, economics, politics and sociology the concept of industrial society underlies a wide variety of discussions, particularly those relating to economic development and social progress. Outside academic writing, too, the concept exerts a great deal of influence. In the developing world, there is a widespread concern to ‘industrialise’, whilst in the developed world there is growing uneasiness as to whether ‘industrialisation’ is beneficial or not, but still the concept is central. This book examines critically the concept of industrial society, its pervasiveness and influence. It reviews all the major theories of industrial society and the research into the changing character of post-industrial societies. It argues that the decision to use the concept severely restricts the social imagination, and that the concept becomes increasingly less useful as criticism of the equating of industrialisation with social progress grows.

Author : Stewart Clegg,Paul Boreham,Geoff Dow
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2014-11-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134717101

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Class, Politics and the Economy (Routledge Revivals) by Stewart Clegg,Paul Boreham,Geoff Dow Pdf

This study, first published in 1986, provides a systematic account of the processes and structure of class formation in the major advanced capitalist societies. The focus is on the organizational mechanisms of class cohesion and division, theoretically deriving from a neo-Marxian perspective. Chapters consider the organization and structure of the ‘corporate ruling class’, the middle class and the working class, and are brought together in an overarching analysis of the organization of class in relation to the state and the economy. This title will be of particular interest to students researching the impact of recession on societal structure and the processes of political class struggle, as well as those with a more general interest in the socio-economic theories of Marx, Engels and Weber.

Author : Les Johnston
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2015-04-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317502609

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Marxism, Class Analysis and Socialist Pluralism (RLE Marxism) by Les Johnston Pdf

This book, first published in 1986, presents a radical challenge to socialist orthodoxy, subjecting a key component of that orthodoxy – Marxism – to sustained criticism. Les Johnston argues that Marxism cannot provide the foundations for a rigorous socialist theory or an effective socialist politics. A fundamental element of this criticism is the suggestion that the problem of ‘reductionism’ which has preoccupied Marxists is a red herring. Marxism’s problem is not its reductionism but its theoretical incoherence. Marxism is not ‘deterministic’, for there is invariably an indeterminate relationship between the materialism it invokes and the forms of politics it adopts. However, materialism is an obstacle to socialist theory. The contradictions and failures of Marxist class analysis suggest that the class concept is inadequate to the demands that socialists continue to place on it. It is not merely class which is problematic, however, but the conception of political interests which is associated with it. Even recent Marxist ‘revisionists’ who dispense with class primacy are unwilling to come to terms with the question of how socialist political interests are constituted. Socialist theory has to recognise the varied forces and interests on ‘the left’, and an effective socialism will have to be a pluralistic one. This means there can be no general theory of socialism, since a pluralistic socialism has to be able to adjust to varying social conditions.