Rethinking Class

Cultures, Identities and Lifestyles

Häftad, Engelska, 2004

Av Fiona Devine, Mike Savage, John Scott, Rosemary Crompton, F. Devine

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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.

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Utgivningsdatum2004-10-29
Mått136 x 214 x 18 mm
Vikt320 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor229
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9780333968956

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FIONA DEVINE is Professor of Sociology, University of Manchester, UK. She is the author of Social Class in America and Britain (Edinburgh University Press, 1997) and the co-author, with Sue Heath, of Sociological Research Methods in Context (Palgrave, 1999).MIKE SAVAGE is Professor of Sociology and Head of the Department of Sociology at Manchester University, UK. He is the author of a number of books, including Gender, Careers and Organisations, with Susan Halford and Anne Witz (Palgrave 1997) and Social Change and Class Cultures in Contemporary Britain (Open University Press, 2001).JOHN SCOTT is Professor of Sociology at the University of Essex, UK. He is the author of many books, including Who Rules Britain? (Polity 1991) and Stratification and Power (Polity 1996).ROSEMARY CROMPTON is Professor of Sociology and Director of Research at City University, UK. She is the author of arguably the leading textbook on class, Class and Stratification (second edition) published by Polity, as well as the author of Women and Work in Modern Britain and Restructuring Gender Relations and Employment.

List of Figures and TablesNotes on ContributorsThe Cultural Turn, Sociology and Class Analysis; F.Devine and M.SavageSocial Stratification and Social Inequality: Models of Intersectionality and Identity; F.AnthiasThe Re-branding of Class: Propertising Culture; B.SkeggsClass and Culture in Germany; M. VesterLocal Habitus and Working-class Culture; M.Savage, B.Longhurst and G.BagnallMemory Magic: How a Working-class Neighbourhood became an Imagined Community and Class Started to Matter When it Lost its Base; T.BloklandMiddle-class Identities in the United States; F.DevineSocial Change and Social Identities: Postmodernity, Reflexive Modernisation and the Transformation of Social Identities in Australia; T.Phillips and M.WesternClass Analysis: Beyond the Cultural Turn; R.Crompton and J.ScottBibliographyIndex.