Social classes

The Ashgate Research Companion to Black Sociology provides the most up to date exploration and analysis of research focused on Blacks in America.

This book focuses on social transformations as one of the central topics in the social sciences.

This book focuses on social transformations as one of the central topics in the social sciences.

Teaching Justice explores the role that teaching and learning in higher education can play in solving problems of social injustice.

Teaching Justice explores the role that teaching and learning in higher education can play in solving problems of social injustice.

Debates over who belongs in Europe and who doesn't increasingly speak the language of mixing, but how are the figures commonly described as 'mixed' actually embodied?

Debates over who belongs in Europe and who doesn't increasingly speak the language of mixing, but how are the figures commonly described as 'mixed' actually embodied?

Welfare offices usually attract negative descriptions of bureaucracy with their queues, routines, and impersonal nature.

Welfare offices usually attract negative descriptions of bureaucracy with their queues, routines, and impersonal nature.

Illustrated by a range of case studies of affordable housing options in Canada, this book examines the liveability and affordability of twenty-first-century residential architecture.

Illustrated by a range of case studies of affordable housing options in Canada, this book examines the liveability and affordability of twenty-first-century residential architecture.

Populations of visible ethnic minorities have steadily increased over the past few decades in immigrant-receptive societies.

Populations of visible ethnic minorities have steadily increased over the past few decades in immigrant-receptive societies.

Despite an extensive literature on homelessness there is surprisingly little work that investigates the roots of homelessness by tracking homeless people over time.

Despite an extensive literature on homelessness there is surprisingly little work that investigates the roots of homelessness by tracking homeless people over time.

This book offers a critical analysis of consumer credit markets and the growth of outstanding debt, presenting in-depth interview material to explore the phenomenon of mass indebtedness through the life trajectories of self-identified debtors struggling with the pressures of owing money.

This book offers a critical analysis of consumer credit markets and the growth of outstanding debt, presenting in-depth interview material to explore the phenomenon of mass indebtedness through the life trajectories of self-identified debtors struggling with the pressures of owing money.

In this groundbreaking study, Linda Cusworth explores the impact of parental employment or unemployment on the educational and emotional well-being of their children.

In this groundbreaking study, Linda Cusworth explores the impact of parental employment or unemployment on the educational and emotional well-being of their children.

Drawing on several years of research with grief support organizations and the families and friends of murdered children, this book examines the emotional experience of families in the aftermath of a homicide.

Drawing on several years of research with grief support organizations and the families and friends of murdered children, this book examines the emotional experience of families in the aftermath of a homicide.

There is a saying that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, implying that beauty is subjective.

There is a saying that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, implying that beauty is subjective.

This book investigates the social and political implications of the US multiracial population, which has surged in recent decades.

A rigourous analysis of context in transitional justice, examining the successes and failures of truth and reconciliation commissions in post-conflict settings.

A rigourous analysis of context in transitional justice, examining the successes and failures of truth and reconciliation commissions in post-conflict settings.

Explores the impact of social standing on the careers of senators and knights in the Roman Empire.

Explores the impact of social standing on the careers of senators and knights in the Roman Empire.

Mahoney examines how the middle class from across the great West were transformed by years of recession and civil war.

Mahoney examines how the middle class from across the great West were transformed by years of recession and civil war.

One of the first long-term studies of the Catalonian city of Manresa during the late medieval crisis.

One of the first long-term studies of the Catalonian city of Manresa during the late medieval crisis.

A study of class and inequality from an anthropological perspective, bringing together an international team of researchers.

A study of class and inequality from an anthropological perspective, bringing together an international team of researchers.

This book, first published in 1994, is concerned with discovering what it was like to be a slave in the classical Roman world.

Elementary Forms of Social Relations introduces the reader to social life as a perpetual quest by individuals to gain attention, respect and regard (status) accompanied by an effort to marshal defensive and offensive means (power) to overcome the reluctance of others to grant status.

Elementary Forms of Social Relations introduces the reader to social life as a perpetual quest by individuals to gain attention, respect and regard (status) accompanied by an effort to marshal defensive and offensive means (power) to overcome the reluctance of others to grant status.

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.

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.

In a revised, updated, and considerably expanded new edition of Sport, Theory and Social Problems, authors Eric Anderson and Adam White examine how the structure and culture of sport promotes inequality, injury, and complicity to authority at the non-elite levels of play in Anglo-American countries.

In a revised, updated, and considerably expanded new edition of Sport, Theory and Social Problems, authors Eric Anderson and Adam White examine how the structure and culture of sport promotes inequality, injury, and complicity to authority at the non-elite levels of play in Anglo-American countries.

Is there a typical European class structure?

Is there a typical European class structure?

This text discusses the economic, social and political implications of redirecting labour and capital from a military-based to a post-Cold War economy.

This text discusses the economic, social and political implications of redirecting labour and capital from a military-based to a post-Cold War economy.

First published in 1972, this book rejects as inadequate the 'trait' and 'functionalist' theories of the professions and instead presents an alternative framework to analyse the contemporaneous occupational change in industrial societies.

First published in 1972, this book rejects as inadequate the 'trait' and 'functionalist' theories of the professions and instead presents an alternative framework to analyse the contemporaneous occupational change in industrial societies.

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.

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.

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.