Class and Stratification

by Crompton, Rosemary

• ISBN13: 9780745609478
• ISBN10: 0745609473
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1993-04-01
• Publisher: Polity Pr

Summary

The Second Edition of this popular introduction to a complex topic has been extensively revised and updated. It incorporates the wide range of contributions to debates which have emerged since the first edition was published in 1993. Although many of the recent views assert that 'class is dead', the book argues that class is very much alive. It examines critically 'postmodern' theories of 'post-class' societies and the most recent contributions of quantitative sociological approaches such as those of Goldthorpe and Wright. It explores the contemporary increase in the extent of social and material inequality at length. It studies gender and the feminization of the middle classes, the significance of recent changes in work and employment, consumption, and citizenship.

Table of Contents

Introduction to the Second Edition

Introduction to the First Edition

Explaining Inequality

Introduction

Social Order and Theories of Social Differentiation

Stratification and the Debate on Social Class

The Growing Critique of 'Class Analysis'

Concluding Summary

The Classic Inheritance and its Development

Introduction

Marx

Weber

Class and Sociology after the Second World War

Culture, Class and History

Once Again, the Indivisibility of Structure and Action

Social Class, Urban Sociology and the Turn to 'Realism'

Conclusions

Measuring the 'Class Structure': Goldthorpe and Wright

Introduction

Occupations

Conclusions

Problems of Class Analysis

Introduction

Changes in the Structure of Work and Employment

The Expansion of Women's Employment

Class, Politics, and Action

Gender and Class

Are Social Classes Dying?

Converging Approaches

Conclusion

Farewell to Social Class?

Introduction

Bringing Status Back In

Recent Social Theory

Farewell to Class Societies?

Discussion and Conclusions

Lifestyle, Consumption Categories and Consciousness Communities

Introduction

Consumption-sector Cleavages

Culture, Class and Occupation

From 'Abstract Labour' to 'Customer Care'

Summary and Conclusions

Citizenship, Entitlements and the 'Underclass'

Introduction

T H Marshall and the Development of the Concept of Citizenship

Women and Citizenship

Race and Citizenship

Social Citizenship and the 'Underclass'

Conclusion

Retrospect and Prospect

Introduction

Social Mobility

Social Polarization

Conclusions

References

Index

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