ISBN:
9781138782235
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (178 p)
Series Statement:
Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory
Parallel Title:
Print version Capital, Labour and the Middle Classes (RLE Social Theory)
DDC:
305.55
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
〈P〉Most recent sociological work on the theory of class is based on a distinction between Weberian and Marxist approaches. For the first part of this volume, the authors use this distinction to review the literature on the middle class, concentrating particularly on the traditions of Marxist theory and of the more empirical work inspired by Max Weber. They show, however, that this distinction is of limited utility in reconstructing a theory of the middle class. 〈/P〉
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 The Problem of the Middle Classes; PART ONE CONTRASTING APPROACHES TO THE MIDDLE CLASSES; 2 Some Weberian Theories of the Middle Classes; 3 Themes in Weberian Analysis; 4 Marxist Approaches I: Proletarianisation; 5 Marxist Approaches II: Non-Proletarianisation; PART TWO TOWARDS A THEORY OF THE MIDDLE CLASS; 6 Unproductive Labour, Knowledge and Credentials; 7 Middle Class or Service Class?; 8 Causal Powers, Struggles and Politics; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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