Social classes

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the emergence and development of sociological thought in China since the late Qing dynasty, addressing the fundamental question of how to understand Chinese society and experience.

Antonio Gramsci remains one of the most influential figures in modern critical thought, whose work continues to shape foundational debates across political theory, sociology, history, cultural studies, and political economy.

The Struggle for Public Goods in the Shadow of Fascism examines the present diminishment of democracy through the prism of intensifying conflict between market freedom and citizen rights.

The Struggle for Public Goods in the Shadow of Fascism examines the present diminishment of democracy through the prism of intensifying conflict between market freedom and citizen rights.

Urban slums, particularly Muslim-majority informal settlements, are often overlooked in global development agendas.

Explaining why social movements and labor activists run into obstacles, and how these can be overcome, this book draws valuable sociological and strategic lessons from the drivers' ten-week wildcat strike that helped lay the basis for organizing Teamsters for a Democratic Union.

Explaining why social movements and labor activists run into obstacles, and how these can be overcome, this book draws valuable sociological and strategic lessons from the drivers' ten-week wildcat strike that helped lay the basis for organizing Teamsters for a Democratic Union.

The Spanish Civil War was one of the most dramatic and ideologically charged conflicts of the twentieth century.

Le sport n’est pas seulement un terrain de jeu ; il devient une loupe, un prisme, un miroir qui révèle nos idéaux, nos limites, nos exclusions et nos silences.

This book investigates how educational anxiety shapes the everyday lives and moral worlds of China's middle-class parents, revealing how emotion, modernity, and meritocracy intersect in a rapidly changing society.

This book investigates how educational anxiety shapes the everyday lives and moral worlds of China's middle-class parents, revealing how emotion, modernity, and meritocracy intersect in a rapidly changing society.

We live in a period when more people are migrating from the countryside to the city, from city to city, and from country to country than at nearly anytime in human history.

We live in a period when more people are migrating from the countryside to the city, from city to city, and from country to country than at nearly anytime in human history.

Artfully written and meticulously crafted, A Bridge to Nowhere explores the lives of men and women in isolated settlements across Canada, examining how their experiences are shaped by memory, precarity, and poverty.

This study formulates conditions for sustainable impacts of inclusive and responsive governance through 'invited spaces' offered by the government and 'claimed spaces' created by the poor.

This study formulates conditions for sustainable impacts of inclusive and responsive governance through 'invited spaces' offered by the government and 'claimed spaces' created by the poor.

This issue features a forum led by Lea Ypi on the real crisis fueling the war on immigrants, with responses from Paulina Ochoa Espejo, Daniel Denvir, T.

In recent decades, Latin America has grappled with crises, conflicts, and inherent contradictions deeply rooted in the capitalist fabric of social relations.

In recent decades, Latin America has grappled with crises, conflicts, and inherent contradictions deeply rooted in the capitalist fabric of social relations.

Este libro pone la lupa en Nordelta, el barrio cerrado más grande de Latinoamérica, que cada tanto se convierte en noticia por la sobreabundancia de carpinchos o por las protestas de las empleadas domésticas.

Rainbow Pie is a coming-of-age memoir wrapped around a discussion of America's most taboo subject - social class.

Since its introduction in 1948 the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK has generally been regarded with veneration.

Since its introduction in 1948 the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK has generally been regarded with veneration.

This book explores the new European cinema of precarity, with a particular focus on Western European films, by revisiting some of its most important precursors, including 1930s Popular Front films and 1990s French New Realism, Italian neorealism, and the British New Wave.

This book explores the new European cinema of precarity, with a particular focus on Western European films, by revisiting some of its most important precursors, including 1930s Popular Front films and 1990s French New Realism, Italian neorealism, and the British New Wave.

This book explores class formation and political consciousness in contemporary Africa.

Based on extended, intensive fieldwork in an Australian high school, Challenging the System illuminates issues faced on a daily basis by teachers and educational administrators in many parts of the world.

This book is about the Anatomy of Neoliberalism and Education from a Marxist perspective.

Based on extended, intensive fieldwork in an Australian high school, Challenging the System illuminates issues faced on a daily basis by teachers and educational administrators in many parts of the world.

This book explores class formation and political consciousness in contemporary Africa.

Based on extended, intensive fieldwork in an Australian high school, Challenging the System illuminates issues faced on a daily basis by teachers and educational administrators in many parts of the world.

This book is about the Anatomy of Neoliberalism and Education from a Marxist perspective.

This book is about the Anatomy of Neoliberalism and Education from a Marxist perspective.

Les innocents en marche met à nu une réalité souvent invisible, celle de la jeunesse sacrifiée dans un monde où la violence et la répression semblent les seules réponses aux crises.

"e;An urgent spotlight on a dire injustice.

Zivilgesellschaftliche Proteste gegen Abriss und Neubau beforderten im Wien der 1970er Jahre einen Paradigmenwechsel und behutsamen Umgang mit den historischen Vierteln der Stadt.

Brief an eine Lehrerin (1967) ist ein schmales kollektives Werk, das im Italien der Sechziger- und Siebzigerjahre bald zu einem Vademecum für demokratische Lehrpersonen und zu einem Manifest für die Studentenbewegung wurde.

Exploring the growing phenomenon of women gun owners in middle America, this book challenges the conventional narratives that often dominate discussions of gun culture.

Exploring the growing phenomenon of women gun owners in middle America, this book challenges the conventional narratives that often dominate discussions of gun culture.

Organizers all around the world are working to build ways of managing resources that serve human and ecological needs.

Organizers all around the world are working to build ways of managing resources that serve human and ecological needs.

Revolutions is a sparkling account of political upheaval and the power of history.

When Joe Bageant returned to his hometown of Winchester, Virginia, he rediscovered his redneck roots: 'the great beery, NASCAR-loving, church-going, gun-owning America that has never set foot in a Starbucks'.