Social classes

This book explores how neoliberalism and austerity have affected older people living within a deindustrialised town, utilising a Foucauldian approach and an ethnographic methodology.

This book explores how neoliberalism and austerity have affected older people living within a deindustrialised town, utilising a Foucauldian approach and an ethnographic methodology.

First published in 1970, Modern English Society is primarily concerned with the period since the Great Exhibition of 1851.

First published in 1970, Modern English Society is primarily concerned with the period since the Great Exhibition of 1851.

In Equality and the City, Enrique Penalosa Londono draws on his experience as mayor of Bogota, Colombia, as well as his many years of international work as a lecturer and consultant, to share his perspective on the issues facing developing cities, especially sustainable transportation and equal access to public space.

Those who are pursuing social justice too often fail to incorporate the insights of sociology, and when they do make use of sociology, they often draw heavily from claims that are highly contested, unsupported by the evidence, or outright false.

Those who are pursuing social justice too often fail to incorporate the insights of sociology, and when they do make use of sociology, they often draw heavily from claims that are highly contested, unsupported by the evidence, or outright false.

Industrial Relations in the Modern State (1937) provides an introduction, as objective as possible in character, to the differing policies of 1930s liberal and totalitarian states in the matter of industrial relations.

The Dynamics of Industrial Conflict (1980) focuses on the workings of industrial relations in the British motor industry, presenting the first joint retrospective analysis of industrial relations in a major multinational.

Gino Germani's intellectual itinerary is a key step in the understanding of sociology in Latin America.

Wenn die Zeiten sich ändern, sollten wir alle besser gegen die Unsicherheiten, die vor uns liegen, gewappnet sein.

From nurses and teachers to wildland firefighters and funeral directorsan intimate, honest, and illuminating collection of interviews that reveal what its like to work in America at this historic and volatile moment in time.

In Equality and the City, Enrique Penalosa Londono draws on his experience as mayor of Bogota, Colombia, as well as his many years of international work as a lecturer and consultant, to share his perspective on the issues facing developing cities, especially sustainable transportation and equal access to public space.

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White-Collar Proletariat (1980) explores the major changes in the industrial and political behaviour of British civil servants in the 1970s.

One of the most durable figures in modern history, the peasant has long been a site of intense intellectual and political debate.

Eminent scholar-activist Neil Davidson's brilliance is on full display in this posthumous work, a timely and prescient introduction to the neoliberal era.

'Full of warmth, humour, optimism and sometimes painful honesty' WILLIAM DALRYMPLE'Anyone who's ever struggled to make sense of who they are and where they belong should read this book' NADIA WHITTOME MP'An important voice of our generation' PARMINDER NAGRA'This guy has better Punjabi than both of us and he's only half Punjabi.

The Druidic Order has undergone significant change throughout the course of its history, transitioning from ancient rituals to contemporary networks.

One of the most durable figures in modern history, the peasant has long been a site of intense intellectual and political debate.

Democratic capitalism is beset with many problems producing rising inequality and growing authoritarianism.

First published in 1984, Death, Burial and the Individual in Early Modern England traces how and why the modern reaction to death has come about by examining English attitudes to death since the Middle Ages.

First published in 1984, Death, Burial and the Individual in Early Modern England traces how and why the modern reaction to death has come about by examining English attitudes to death since the Middle Ages.

In diesem Buch erzählt ein Blaulichtreporter aus dem schönen Land Brandenburg die Geschichten von Helden und Opfern, denen er auf seinen Einsätzen begegnet ist.

First published in 1955, English Social Differences records and discusses numerous observations of the English social scene in the 20th century.

Esta colección de ensayos o «constelación de ideas», como le llama John Holloway, representa la determinación del autor de entretejer la teoría crítica –encarnada en el pensamiento de Walter Benjamin, Mijaíl Bajtín, Theodor Adorno, entre otros– y la propuesta revolucionaria del Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional, gestada en Chiapas.

Las elites han estado en el centro de muchos de los debates de las últimas décadas y a ellas se alude constantemente; sin embargo, la discusión ha estado tradicionalmente constreñida a interpretaciones categóricas que han tendido a criticar la traición de la burguesía a la revolución en pro de su aristocratización.

Las elites han estado en el centro de muchos de los debates de las últimas décadas y a ellas se alude constantemente; sin embargo, la discusión ha estado tradicionalmente constreñida a interpretaciones categóricas que han tendido a criticar la traición de la burguesía a la revolución en pro de su aristocratización.

»Bernie Sanders wird von unserer ­Gegenwart stets aufs Neue bestätigt.

Fifteen essays coedited by a collective of award-winning incarcerated writers, featuring contributions from Lacy M.

This book explores the innovative, sociological approach adopted by Harriet Martineau in her efforts to develop a 'scientific' approach to understanding social and societal change.

This book explores the innovative, sociological approach adopted by Harriet Martineau in her efforts to develop a 'scientific' approach to understanding social and societal change.

First published in 1981, Bread, Knowledge and Freedom is a study of 142 working class autobiographies all of which cover some part of the period between 1790 and 1850.

First published in 1981, Bread, Knowledge and Freedom is a study of 142 working class autobiographies all of which cover some part of the period between 1790 and 1850.

Cruel Habitations (1974) looks at the pre-industrial background in which housing problems are rooted, with the decay of towns and the unsuccessful attempts to better their condition by public health reforms, by charitable agencies and by building societies - and with legislative action in Parliament towards housing reform.

Cruel Habitations (1974) looks at the pre-industrial background in which housing problems are rooted, with the decay of towns and the unsuccessful attempts to better their condition by public health reforms, by charitable agencies and by building societies - and with legislative action in Parliament towards housing reform.

First published in 1955, English Social Differences records and discusses numerous observations of the English social scene in the 20th century.

The impulse to redistribute wealth is said to be a tool to counter inequalities, applied by the state or society to curb the worst excesses of capitalist exploitation and free trade.

The impulse to redistribute wealth is said to be a tool to counter inequalities, applied by the state or society to curb the worst excesses of capitalist exploitation and free trade.

Presenting new, challenging solutions to the severe problem of inequality in the UK, Making Equal brings together a wide range of senior respective figures across the fields of politics, academia and the voluntary sector to outline their visions of how a less unequal Britain could be created and why doing so now is an economic and moral imperative for the nation.

This book is a study of class formation at the top of the social hierarchies during the turbulent and changing early twenty-first century.

The Origins of British Industrial Relations (1975) traces the beginnings of industrial relations in nineteenth century Britain, looking at the interdependence of economic, political, legal and ideological factors that provide the framework.

"e;A balanced and thorough look at the United States' most important contemporary race issues, with timely content and excellent supporting documentation.

Using Germany as a national case study, this volume examines the historical genesis of precarity, its evolution from 19th-century industrial modernity to the present, and its reflections and reconfigurations in artistic production, in particular with relation to work, gender, and sexuality.

Technological advancements, expanding education, and unfettered capitalism have encouraged many around the world to aspire to better lives, even as declines in employment and widening inequality are pushing more and more people into insecurity and hardship.