Class and Stratification: An Introduction to Current Debates

Crompton, Rosemary

ISBN 10: 0745617921 / ISBN 13: 9780745617923

Verlag: Polity, 1998

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Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Class and Stratification: An Introduction to Current Debates
• Verlag: Polity
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1998
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0745617921
• ISBN-13: 9780745617923
• Einband: Hardcover
• Auflage: 2nd Edition
• Zustand: New

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Inhaltsangabe

The second edition of this successful book has been extensively revised and updated. It now incorporates the considerable range of further contributions to debates in class and stratification which have emerged since the first edition of this book was published in 1993. While many of these have asserted that 'class is dead', Crompton argues that class is very much alive. Thus '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. It is argued that despite their theoretical differences, the work of these two authors has been undergoing a process of convergence in recent years.One feature which belies the 'death' of class is the contemporary increase in the extent of social and material inequality. This topic, therefore, is explored at some length, as are other areas including gender and the feminization of the middle classes, the significance of recent changes in work and employment, consumption and citizenship.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Rosemary Crompton is Professor of Sociology, at the University of Leicester.