Rethinking Class

FLOYA ANTHIAS is Professor of Sociology at Oxford Brookes University, UK BEVERLEY SKEGGS is Professor of Sociology, University of Manchester, UK MICHAEL VESTER is Professor at the Institute of Political Science, University of Hannover, Germany BRIAN LONGHURST is Professor of Sociology and Head of the School of Politics, Sociology and Contemporary History, University of Salford, UK GAYNOR BAGNALL is Lecturer at School of Education, Community and Social Science, Liverpool John Moores University, UK TALJA BLOKLAND is Fellow of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences at the Amsterdam School for Social Science Research, The Netherlands TIM PHILLIPS is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Tasmania, Australia MARK WESTERN is Associate Professor in Sociology, School of Social Science, and Co-Director, Social Research Centre, both at the University of Queensland, Australia

Edited by leading British sociologists of stratification, this book advances contemporary debates in class analysis. It draws on current theoretical debates in sociology and considers the implications of the cultural turn for the study of class.Edited by leading British sociologists of stratification, this book advances contemporary debates in class analysis. It draws on current theoretical debates in sociology and considers the implications of the cultural turn for the study of class. It brings together the very latest empirical work on contemporary topics such as culture, identities and lifestyles undertaken by researchers from Britain, Germany, the Netherlands and Australia. It will be required reading for those committed to pushing the boundaries of class and stratification in new and exciting directions around the world.