The Class Structure Of Capitalist Societies

Author : Will Atkinson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2020-06-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429800870

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The Class Structure of Capitalist Societies by Will Atkinson Pdf

This first volume of The Class Structure of Capitalist Societies offers a bold and wide-ranging assessment of the shape and effects of class systems across a diverse range of capitalist nations. Plumbing a trove of data and deploying cutting-edge techniques, it carefully maps the distribution of the key sources of power and documents the major convergences and divergences between market societies old and new. Establishing that the multidimensional vision of class proposed decades ago by Pierre Bourdieu appears to hold good throughout Europe, parts of the wider Western world and Eastern Asia, the book goes on to examine a number of significant themes: the relationship between class and occupation; the intersection of class with gender, religion, geography and age; the correspondences between social position and political attitudes; self-positioning in the class structure; and the extent of belief in meritocracy. For all the striking cross-national commonalities, however, the book unearths consistent variations seemingly linked to distinct politico-economic regimes. This title will appeal to scholars and advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students interested in sociology, politics and demography, and is essential reading for all those interested in social class across the globe. Chapter 3 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Author : Will Atkinson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000482614

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The Class Structure of Capitalist Societies, Volume 2 by Will Atkinson Pdf

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 are embedded in a novel sociological theory of international relations, sustained reflections on the relationship between national standing and class structure and extensive reconstruction of the histories of class in each of the three nations studied. The ultimate conclusion, however, is that not only that the fundamental structure of class today the same across the three cases, for all their unique cultural and historical features, but their translation into differences of taste, practice and symbolic violence, always cross-cut by gender, follow highly familiar patterns too. This volume will appeal to scholars and advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students interested in sociology, politics and demography and is essential reading for all those interested in social class across the globe.

Author : Surinder S. Jodhka,Boike Rehbein,Jessé Souza
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134837922

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Inequality in Capitalist Societies by Surinder S. Jodhka,Boike Rehbein,Jessé Souza Pdf

Inequality is one of the most discussed topics of our times. Yet, we still do not know how to tackle the issue effectively. The book argues that this is due to the lack of understanding the structures responsible for the persistence of social inequality. It enquires into the mechanisms that produce and reproduce invisible dividing lines in society. Based on original case studies of Brazil, Germany, India and Laos comprising thousands of interviews, the authors argue that invisible classes emerge in capitalist societies, both reproducing and transforming precapitalist hierarchies. At the same time, locally particular forms of inequality persist. Social inequality in the contemporary world has to be understood as a specific combination of precapitalist inequalities, capitalist transformation and a particular class structure, which seems to emerge in all capitalist societies. The book links the configurations to an interpretation of global domination as well as to symbolic classification.

Author : Bob Carter
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 49,6 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 : Erik Olin Wright
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105038809575

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Class Structure and Income Determination by Erik Olin Wright Pdf

Monograph on social structure and income distribution inequities in capitalist countries in light of Marxism social theory - examines social implications of advanced capitalism, income of the working class, occupational status and equal opportunities (by race and sex), and proposes appropriate statistical methodologies for use in quantitative evaluations. Bibliography pp. 261 to 266 and graphs.

Author : FRANK Parkin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351067263

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The Social Analysis of Class Structure by FRANK Parkin Pdf

Originally published in 1974, The Social Analysis of Class Structure is an edited collection addressing class formation and class relations in industrial society. The range and variety of the contributions provide a useful guide to the central concerns of British sociology in the 1970s. Encompassing general theorizing and empirical investigation, the book examines the treatment of crucial issues of the day, such as the relationships between race and class formation, and sexual subordination, as well addressing historical questions such as the Victorian labour aristocracy and the incorporation of the working class.

Author : Will Atkinson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2024
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1003442145

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The Class Structure of Capitalist Societies by Will Atkinson Pdf

"This book continues the Class Structure of Capitalist Societies series by exploring the place of class among a confluence of factors in shaping people's lives, loves and lifestyles across three nations. Previous volumes in the series examined the shape, history and cultural expressions of class structures. Now, grappling with themes usually put under the labels of 'intersectionality' and 'work-life balance' and bridging literatures seldom brought together, this volume uses an innovative mix of statistical techniques to untangle the messy nexus of factors - class, age, gender, race/ethnicity, intimate relations, political context and more - underpinning everyday routines, spaces, possessions, practices, (im)possibilities and self-perceptions in the US, Germany and Sweden. In the process it advances the specific vision of class and social relations developed by Pierre Bourdieu, pursuing the case, above all, that conceptual and methodological progress is necessary to fully recognise and explore the multiplicity of desires, dispositions and demands at play in people's lives. The volume will be of major interest to scholars of class, culture, gender and family but will appeal to anyone interested in the interplay of identities and pressures implicated in contemporary experiences and inequalities"--

Author : Anthony Giddens
Publisher : Random House (UK)
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Social classes
ISBN : UCAL:B3916475

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The Class Structure of the Advanced Societies by Anthony Giddens Pdf

Author : Peter Saunders
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2006-10-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134952731

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Social Class and Stratification by Peter Saunders Pdf

The questions raised by a study of class and inequality are important, but often complex. This book succeeds in making them understandable without oversimplifying, and its breadth, originality, and easy style will appeal to a wide readership. Peter Saunders covers theories of social class as well as evidence on class inequalities in the contemporary period. He analyses why class inequalities exist, whether they are inevitable, whether they are unjust, and how they are changing. The analysis is comprehensive and up-to-date and includes information on how the distribution of wealth and income and social mobility chances have been changing during the Thatcher years. It also explores how the class structure is being affected by developments such as the spread of privatization and individual shareholdings, the rise of the 'yuppies', and the emergence of an underclass. On the theoretical side Professor Saunders gives equal weight to marxist, social-democratic, and neo-liberal perspectives on class and inequality, and writers as diverse a Karl Marx, John Rawls, and Friedrich Hayek all receive serious and balanced consideration.

Author : Will Atkinson
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2024-04-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781040010952

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The Class Structure of Capitalist Societies, Volume 3 by Will Atkinson Pdf

This book continues the Class Structure of Capitalist Societies series by exploring the place of class among a confluence of factors in shaping people’s lives, loves and lifestyles across three nations. Previous volumes in the series examined the shape, history and cultural expressions of class structures. Now, grappling with themes usually put under the labels of ‘intersectionality’ and ‘work-life balance’ and bridging literatures seldom brought together, this volume uses an innovative mix of statistical techniques to untangle the messy nexus of factors – class, age, gender, race/ethnicity, intimate relations, political context and more – underpinning everyday routines, spaces, possessions, practices, (im)possibilities and self-perceptions in the US, Germany and Sweden. In the process it advances the specific vision of class and social relations developed by Pierre Bourdieu, pursuing the case, above all, that conceptual and methodological progress is necessary to fully recognise and explore the multiplicity of desires, dispositions and demands at play in people’s lives. The volume will be of major interest to scholars of class, culture, gender and family but will appeal to anyone interested in the interplay of identities and pressures implicated in contemporary experiences and inequalities.

Author : Wlodzimierz Wesolowski
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2014-08-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317652045

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Classes, Strata and Power (RLE Social Theory) by Wlodzimierz Wesolowski Pdf

Professor Wesolowski presents a detailed study of Marx's theory of class structure and compares it with non-Marxist theories of social stratification, in particular the functionalist theory of stratification and the theory of power elite. He is also concerned to develop and extend the Marxist approach to the study of class structure and social stratification in a socialist society. The book begins with a thorough and original reconstruction of Marx's theory of class domination in a capitalist society, and goes on to show that contemporary non-Marxist theories of power elites complement rather than contradict Marx's concept of class domination. The author examines in detail the functionalist theory of stratification, but rejects it, preferring the Marxist approach. Finally, though, he demonstrates the complementary nature of the two approaches to the study of class structure by expounding a comprehensive paradigm for empirical research based on Marxist theory but including some elements of contemporary stratification theories as well.

Author : Richard Breen,David B. Rottman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2014-06-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317866893

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Class Stratification by Richard Breen,David B. Rottman Pdf

An introductory account of the concept of class stratification, of contemporary approaches to the study of class, and of current debates about its role in the study of society. Definitions and an analysis of different theoretical approaches to class are accompanied by empirical material which compares the class structures of a range of countries and examines social mobility in cross-national perspective.

Author : Rosemary Crompton,Jon Gubbay
Publisher : London : Macmillan
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Capitalism
ISBN : UCSC:32106001069639

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Economy and Class Structure by Rosemary Crompton,Jon Gubbay Pdf

Author : Will Atkinson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2024
Category : Lifestyles
ISBN : 1032580259

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The Class Structure of Capitalist Societies by Will Atkinson Pdf

"This book continues the Class Structure of Capitalist Societies series by exploring the place of class among a confluence of factors in shaping people's lives, loves and lifestyles across three nations. Previous volumes in the series examined the shape, history and cultural expressions of class structures. Now, grappling with themes usually put under the labels of 'intersectionality' and 'work-life balance' and bridging literatures seldom brought together, this volume uses an innovative mix of statistical techniques to untangle the messy nexus of factors - class, age, gender, race/ethnicity, intimate relations, political context and more - underpinning everyday routines, spaces, possessions, practices, (im)possibilities and self-perceptions in the US, Germany and Sweden. In the process it advances the specific vision of class and social relations developed by Pierre Bourdieu, pursuing the case, above all, that conceptual and methodological progress is necessary to fully recognise and explore the multiplicity of desires, dispositions and demands at play in people's lives. The volume will be of major interest to scholars of class, culture, gender and family but will appeal to anyone interested in the interplay of identities and pressures implicated in contemporary experiences and inequalities"--

Author : Albert Szymanski
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 710 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015004077478

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Class Structure by Albert Szymanski Pdf

A sociology textbook from a Marxist perspective. The author discusses the origins of class inequality, the role of econonomic surplus in societal organization, serfdom and enslavement, the reproduction of class relations and the consequences of class inequality for all of humanity.