Erik Olin Wright

Class Counts

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Class Counts combines theoretical discussions of the concept of class with a wide range of comparative empirical investigations of class.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 618
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Januar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 41mm
• Gewicht: 1143g
• ISBN-13: 9780521553872
• ISBN-10: 0521553873
• Artikelnr.: 23280523

Inhaltsangabe

1. Class analysis
Part I. The Class Structure of Capitalism and its Transformations: 2. Class structure in comparative perspective
3. The transformation of the American class structure, 1960-90
4. The fall and rise of the petty bourgeoisie
Part II. The Permeability of Class Boundaries: 5. Class-boundaries permeability: conceptual and methodological issues
6. Permeability of class boundaries to intergenerational mobility
7. Cross-class friendships
8. Cross-class families
Part III. Class and Gender: 9. Conceptualizing the interaction of class and gender
10. Individuals, families and class analysis
11. The non-effects of class on the gendered division of labor in the home
12. The gender gap in workplace authority
Part IV. Class Structure and Class Consciousness
13. A general framework for studying class consciousness and class formation
14. Class consciousness and class formation in Sweden, the United States and Japan
15. Class, state employment and consciousness
16. Temporality, class structure and class consciousness
Part V. Conclusion
17. Confirmations, surprises and theoretical reconstructions
Index.