ISBN:
9780582292635
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (479 p)
Series Statement:
Longman Sociology Series
Parallel Title:
Print version Patterns of Social Inequality : Essays for Richard Brown
DDC:
305.0941
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Written by a group of the UK's leading Sociologists, this book covers in one volume all of the themes central to an understanding of contemporary British Society. Essays provide an historical overview of such topics as class, gender, work, ethnicity and community but also make a theoretical and substantive contribution to current debates.〈BR〉〈BR〉〈BR〉〈BR〉〈BR〉〈BR〉
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Series Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; The Contributors; 1 Introduction; 2 Richard Brown and British sociology; 3 Gender inequality and divisions of labour; 4 A classless society?; 5 'Race', racism and the politics of identity; 6 Patterns of inequality in education; 7 Culture at work; 8 Industrial sociology and the labour process; 9 Manufacturing myths and miracles: work reorganisation in British manufacturing since 1979; 10 A historical construction of the working class; 11 Sexual segregation and community
Description / Table of Contents:
12 Not working in the inner city: unemployment from the 1970s to the 1990sReferences; Subject index; Author index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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