{"product_id":"class-counts-comparative-studies-in-class-analysis-hardback-9780521553872","title":"Class Counts; Comparative Studies in Class Analysis (Hardback) 9780521553872","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eClass Counts\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eComparative Studies in Class Analysis\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eClass Counts combines theoretical discussions of the concept of class with a wide range of comparative empirical investigations of class.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eErik Olin Wright (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521553872, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 28 November 1996\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e618 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.7 x 3.8 cm, 1.003 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'In recent years it has become fashionable to question the usefulness of class analysis. Class Counts is Erik Wright's clear and convincing answer to the skeptics. Wright shows how class analysis makes sense of the inequalities that divide postindustrial society.' Michael Hout, University of California, Berkeley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eClass Counts combines theoretical discussions of the concept of class with a wide range of comparative empirical investigations of class and its ramifications in developed capitalist societies. What unites the topics is not a preoccupation with a common object of explanation, but rather a common explanatory factor: class. Four broad themes are explored: class structure and its transformations; the permeability of class boundaries; class and gender; class consciousness. The specific empirical studies include such diverse topics as the sexual division of labour in housework, gender differences in managerial authority, friendship networks in the class structure, the expansion of self-employment in the United States in the past two decades, and the class consciousness of state and private-sector employees. The results of these studies are then evaluated in terms of how they confirm certain expectations within the Marxist tradition of class analysis and how they pose challenging surprises.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Class analysis\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Class Structure of Capitalism and its Transformations: 2. Class structure in comparative perspective\u003cbr\u003e 3. The transformation of the American class structure, 1960–90\u003cbr\u003e 4. The fall and rise of the petty bourgeoisie\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Permeability of Class Boundaries: 5. Class-boundaries permeability: conceptual and methodological issues\u003cbr\u003e 6. Permeability of class boundaries to intergenerational mobility\u003cbr\u003e 7. Cross-class friendships\u003cbr\u003e 8. Cross-class families\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Class and Gender: 9. Conceptualizing the interaction of class and gender\u003cbr\u003e 10. Individuals, families and class analysis\u003cbr\u003e 11. The non-effects of class on the gendered division of labor in the home\u003cbr\u003e 12. The gender gap in workplace authority\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Class Structure and Class Consciousness\u003cbr\u003e 13. A general framework for studying class consciousness and class formation\u003cbr\u003e 14. Class consciousness and class formation in Sweden, the United States and Japan\u003cbr\u003e 15. Class, state employment and consciousness\u003cbr\u003e 16. Temporality, class structure and class consciousness\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e 17. Confirmations, surprises and theoretical reconstructions\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Social classes [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social classes\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20classes%20%5BJFSC%5D%22\"\u003eJFSC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005413413144,"sku":"9780521553872","price":105.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521553872i_5f221910-81f3-4762-b1b2-ebb2fe589058.jpg?v=1691369585","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/class-counts-comparative-studies-in-class-analysis-hardback-9780521553872","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}