Social classes

Drawing on the thought of Max Weber, in particular his theory of stratification, this book engages with the question of whether the digital divide simply extends traditional forms of inequality, or whether it also includes new forms of social exclusion, or perhaps manifests counter-trends that alleviate traditional inequalities whilst constituting new modalities of inequality.

Marx's written output was massive.

The questions raised by a study of class and inequality are important, but often complex.

Social Inequality - examining our present while understanding our past.

Natural Disasters as a Catalyst for Social Capital examines the vastly under-explored link between natural disasters and social capital in regards to the unprecedented June 2008 flood in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

A major new collection by the author of Reckless and A Prelude to a Kiss, this collection includes his most ambitious work God's Heart, which premiered at Lincoln Center Theatre in 1997, and his newest play The Dying Gaul, which premieres this spring in New York.

A sharp examination of the looming financial catastrophe of retirement in America.

Exploring cultural transformations of intimacy in contemporary Mexico, Intimacies and Cultural Change examines the ways in which globalization and rapid cultural change have transformed the cultural meanings of couple relationships, sexuality, and personal life in Mexican society.

Originally published in 1915, this pioneer study has long occupied an important place in the literature of sociology.

The SARS-CoV-2 virus, and the associated COVID-19 pandemic, is perhaps the greatest threat to life, and lifestyles, the world has known in more than a century.

Although Marx's concept of ideology has been a subject of considerable discussion, much of the debate has proved to be rather disappointing.

An indispensable investigation into the American unemployment system and the ways gender and class affect the lives of those looking for workThrough the intimate stories of those seeking work, The Tolls of Uncertainty offers a startling look at the nation's unemployment system-who it helps, who it hurts, and what, if anything, we can do to make it fair.

This title was first published in 2003.

An inspiring instructional handbook for transforming idealism into social change The pursuit of freedom and justice is a timeless one, but new activists may not know where to begin, while more experienced ones often become jaded or fatigued.

Drawing on the author's own experience as a student and a teacher in England and Japan, this book is a comparative study of boys' secondary schools in these two countries.

This book criticizes recent performative solutions to racism ("e;diversity"e; programs at universities, for example) and White people's "e;Fragility"e; or intolerance of mature criticism.

How does the insecurity of work affect us?

What if we could imagine hierarchy not as a social ill, but as a source of social hope?

What is the social structure of Chinese society in the 21st century?

It has appeared to many commentators that the most fundamental change in what it is meant to be working-class in twentieth-century Britain came not as a result of war or of want, but of prosperity.

A central figure for anti-authoritarian Marxists and radicals who see the working class as an autonomous force, capable of acting independently and not simply reacting to the depredations of capitalism, Harry Cleaver brings this vision up to date, interpreting capitalisms latest crises and demonstrating how ordinary people can, and do, rupture the smooth functioning of the system that exploits them.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Max Weber, central thinkers to the discussion of political legitimacy, represent two very different stages and forms of social theory: early modern political philosophy and classical sociology.

Using Marxist and systems theory as guides, this book offers an entry point to the current debate on the role of economy in modern society, the change in work organizations and the effect of the economy on the individual.

Russia is one of the few countries in the world where intellectuals existed as a social group and shared a unique social identity.

The rise of populism in the West and the rise of China in the East have stirred a rethinking of how democratic systems workand how they fail.

Property relations are such a common feature of social life that the complexity of the web of laws, practices, and ideas that allow a property regime to function smoothly are often forgotten.

In neighbourhoods and public spaces across Britain, young working people walked out together, congregated in the streets, and paraded up and down on the 'monkey parades'.

Being and becoming trans* is a complex and varied experience whether an individual is living openly as trans* or not.

Inclusion and Exclusion of Young Adult Migrants in Europe presents analyses of research carried out during the course of the EUMARGINS research project, exploring the inclusion and exclusion of young adult immigrants across a range national contexts, including the Nordic welfare states, old colonial countries, Southern European nations and the Eastern European region.

The division between the scholar-gentry class and the "e;people"e; was an enduring theme of the traditional Chinese agrarian-bureaucratic state.

Theorizing Social Class and Education presents a selection of writing on class analysis within sociology of education as it has evolved over the last decade both in the UK, and internationally.

The SARS-CoV-2 virus, commonly referred to as COVID-19, is perhaps the greatest threat to life, and lifestyles, around the world in more than a century.

Labour market flexibility is one of the most closely debated public policy issues in India.

This book offers a historically sweeping yet detailed view of world-systemic migration as a racialized process.

Decentering Biotechnology explores the nature of technology, objects and patent law.

In recent years, mob attacks on women by men have drawn public attention to an emerging social phenomenon.

Since Crossing Sidelines, Crossing Cultures was originally published in 2000, new findings in Asian Pacific American sports have come to light.

Crime, Inequality and Power challenges the dominant definitions of crime and the criminal through its uniquely comparative approach.

This is the first comprehensive historical perspective on the relationship between Black workers and the changing patterns of Britain's labour needs.

What does it mean to be an intellectual in Egypt today?

In the years 1849 and 1850, Henry Mayhew was the metropolitan correspondent of the Morning Chronicle in its national survey of labour and the poor.

Choice Recommended Title, February 2010Culture, Class, Distinction is major contribution to international debates regarding the role of cultural capital in relation to modern forms of inequality.

As the world changes, so sexual identities are changing.

The contributions to this edited collection, first published in 1983, are based on two underlying themes.

Objects and materials are on the move like never before, often at astonishing speeds and along hidden routeways.

In his newest book, Stehr builds on his classic book Knowledge Societies (1994) to expand the concept toward one of knowledge capitalism for a now, much-changed era.

This unique textbook explores the complex topic of social class, explaining the many psychological nuances of class and classism in people's lives as subjective and phenomenological experiences.

This book explores the effects of the gradual liberalisation of capital markets and the expansion of consumer credit on poorer households in the United Kingdom, with particular attention to the precariousness caused by a lack of savings and a reliance on debt.

First published in 1984, this book provides the first full study of the carefully planned rising of south Wales miners and ironworkers in 1839 and of its collapse at the confrontation with soldiers of the 45th regiment of Newport.