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The Death of Class

Jan Pakulski author Malcolm Waters author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Sage Publications Ltd

Published:18th Dec '95

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Traditionally class has been the key concept for understanding society, enabling analysts to interpret social conflict and predict the course of social development. Critics argue that it is too crude and incapable of handling the nuances of the new identity politics. Jan Pakulski and Malcolm Waters take the radical position within the current debates that class is a purely historical phenomenon.

This stimulating book argues that concentration on class actually diverts attention from other more central and more morally problematic inequalities. The class perspective has become a political straitjacket which obstructs an accurate understanding of contemporary social, cultural and political processes.

`A well-organized book, written in an engaging style... certain to stimulate vociferous responses in an area where turgidity has become commonplace′ - Political Studies

ISBN: 9780803978393

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 360g

192 pages