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Subject(s)

• Social classes [Browse]
• Social stratification [Browse]
• Social classes—Cross-cultural studies [Browse]
• Social stratification—Cross-cultural studies [Browse]

Series

Routledge advances in sociology ; 286, 326, 378, 393. [More in this series]

Summary note

• "This first volume of The Class Structure of Capitalist Societies offers a bold and wide-ranging assessment of the shape and effects of class systems across a diverse range of capitalist nations. Plumbing a trove of data and deploying cutting-edge techniques, it carefully maps the distribution of the key sources of power and documents the major convergences and divergences between market societies old and new. Establishing that the multidimensional vision of class proposed decades ago by Pierre Bourdieu appears to hold good throughout Europe, parts of the wider Western world and Eastern Asia, the book goes on to examine a number of significant themes: the relationship between class and occupation; the intersection of class with gender, religion, geography and age; the correspondences between social position and political attitudes; self-positioning in the class structure; and the extent of belief in meritocracy. For all the striking cross-national commonalities, however, the book unearths consistent variations seemingly linked to distinct politico-economic regimes. This title will appeal to scholars and advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students interested in sociology, politics and demography and is essential reading for all those interested in social class across the globe"-- Provided by publisher.
• "The second volume of The Class Structure of Capitalist Societies maps the distribution of social powers and associated properties and lifestyles in unparalleled detail by examining the results of a brand-new survey delivered in Sweden, Germany and the US. Continuing the cross-national investigation of the shape and effects of class systems across capitalist nations, the analyses in Volume 2 are embedded in a novel sociological theory of international relations, sustained reflections on the relationship between national standing and class structure and extensive reconstruction of the histories of class in each of the three nations studied. The ultimate conclusion, however, is that not only is the fundamental structure of class today the same across the three cases, for all their unique cultural and historical features, but their translation into differences of taste, practice and symbolic violence, always cross-cut by gender, follow highly familiar patterns too. This volume will appeal to scholars and advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students interested in sociology, politics and demography and is essential reading for all those interested in social class across the globe"-- Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Volume 1, A space of bounded variety
• Volume 2, Social space and symbolic domination in three nations
• Volume 3, Love, lifestyles and a multiplicity of capitals
• Volume 4. Singular experiences of family, work and leisure.

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ISBN

• 9781138342538 ((Volume 1 : hbk))
• 113834253X
• 9780367654740 ((Volume 2 : hbk))
• 0367654741
• 9780367654771 ((Volume 2 : pbk))
• 0367654776
• 9781032582764 ((Volume 3 : hbk))
• 1032582766
• 9781032781426 ((Volume 4 : hbk))
• 1032781424 ((Volume 4 : hbk))

LCCN

2020007188

OCLC

1463384158

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