Social classes

With heart-wrenching reporting and incisive analysis, In These Times magazine has charted a staggering rise in inequality and the fall of the American middle class.

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

In his new book, G,ran Therborn - author of the now standard comparative work on classical sociology and historical materialism, Science, Class and Society - looks at successive state structures in an arrestingly fresh perspective.

In this classic study, which won the Isaac Deutscher Memorial Prize, Ellen Wood provides a critical survey of influential trends in "e;post-Marxist"e; theory.

Prisoners of the American Dream is Mike Davis's brilliant exegesis of a persistent and major analytical problem for Marxist historians and political economists: Why has the world's most industrially advanced nation never spawned a mass party of the working class?

Industrial Action (1980) examines in a comparative analysis the principal elements involved in industrial action - strikes, work-to-rule, go-slows etc - in four key industries in Australia - construction, shipbuilding, the waterfront and telecommunications.

Recalling the JeffBoat incident of 2001, A Serf's Journal is Terry Tapp's formidable first-hand account of American workers as they fight a multinational company and their corrupt union to stage the longest wildcat strike in US history.

A human economy puts people first in emergent world society.

The city of Liverpool had frequently been prone to industrial unrest for most of its recent history, but it was the dawn of Thatcher and the sanctioning of neoliberal economic strategies which made Liverpool a nucleus of resistance against the encroaching tide of right-wing politics and sweeping de-industrialisation.

The city of Liverpool had frequently been prone to industrial unrest for most of its recent history, but it was the dawn of Thatcher and the sanctioning of neoliberal economic strategies which made Liverpool a nucleus of resistance against the encroaching tide of right-wing politics and sweeping de-industrialisation.

The "e;public sphere"e; is a key concept in political discourse, designating a space for political action.

One of the major works of the new American Marxism, Wright's book draws a challenging new class map of the United States and other, comparable, advanced capitalist countries today.

What happens to black health care professionals in the new economy, where work is insecure and organizational resources are scarce?

'A tenderly evoked and compelling read.

Britain's welfare state, one of the greatest achievements of our post-war reconstruction, was regarded as the cornerstone of modern society.

Britain's welfare state, one of the greatest achievements of our post-war reconstruction, was regarded as the cornerstone of modern society.

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In the light of the deepening crisis of capitalism and continued non-Western capitalist accumulation, Henry Heller re-examines the debates surrounding the transition from feudalism to capitalism in Europe and elsewhere.

Across Africa, a burgeoning middle class has become the poster child for the 'Africa rising' narrative.

Across Africa, a burgeoning middle class has become the poster child for the 'Africa rising' narrative.

This seminal work tells the story of Ghana's gold miners, one of the oldest and most militant groups of workers in Africa.

This seminal work tells the story of Ghana's gold miners, one of the oldest and most militant groups of workers in Africa.

Musa Okwonga - a young Black man who grew up in a predominantly working-class town - was not your typical Eton College student.

John Griffith London (1876 - 1916), commonly known as Jack London, was an American journalist, social activist, and novelist.

In nearly every realm of daily life there is an invisible velvet rope that divides how we live.

Understanding how Kate Middleton can be conceived in the current geopolitical situation

This volume of "e;Comparative Social Research"e; emphasizes unsolved issues and new developments within class and stratification analysis, discussing both theoretical and methodological innovations and revisions.

Since the Great Recession hit in 2008, the 1% has only grown richer while the rest find life increasingly tough.

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In modern Britain, the working class has become an object of fear and ridicule.

Originally published in 1983, this book filled a gap in the existing literature, because the effect of credit upon a family's real income was frequently omitted in studies of living standards.

What does it mean to be marginalized?

What does it mean to be marginalized?

This timely book argues that no major movement has ever been successful without counterpower, or the power that the "e;have-nots"e; can use to remove the power of the "e;haves.

Since September 2011, the Occupy movement has captured the world's imagination.

Trade union education is in the doldrums.

An easy-to-use guide for local leaders working to engage their community in growing a more equitable, healthy, and sustainable future Building Community is the easy-to-use guide that distills the success of healthy thriving communities from around the world into twelve universally applicable principles that transcend cultures and locations.

What do your Eggs Benedict say about your notions of class?

The common practice of ability-grouped reading in UK schools, often termed guided reading, influences children's sense of identity, feelings and progress as readers.

The book is about social, religious, educational and class system in America and throughout the world and more.

In the global environment of trade and commerce, humankind appears to have given up its natural journey of progression to improve the social order and universally accepted capitalism.

A ground-breaking, personal exploration of Americas obsession with continuing human bondage from the editor of the New York Times-bestselling Barracoon.

Completely updated guide to the laws governing homeowners associations in Florida.

Over the course of the last century, the focus group has become an increasingly vital part of the way companies and politicians sell their products and policies.

This book is written to contribute to the existing discussions about race, racism and racial inequality, discussions that have polarized many societies.

Racism in the Neoliberal Era explains how simple racial binaries like black/white are no longer sufficient to explain the persistence of racism, capitalism, and elite white power.

Detroit: I Do Mind Dying tracks the extraordinary development of the Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement and the League of Revolutionary Black Workers as they became two of the landmark political organizations of the 1960s and 1970s.

"e;Identity politics"e; is everywhere, polarizing discourse from the campaign trail to the classroom and amplifying antagonisms in the media, both online and off.

For those who want to build a fighting labor movement, there are many questions to answer.