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The Debate on Classes

The Debate on Classes

Wright, Erik Olin

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General Sociology

ISBN10: 1859842801
ISBN13: 9781859842805
Publisher: Verso
Published: Sep 17 1998
Pages: 366
Weight: 1.13
Height: 1.07 Width: 5.23 Depth: 8.47
Language: English
Erik Olin Wright's Classes was hailed on publication, by the American Journal of Sociology, as almost certain to be the most important book on social classes of the decade. Wright presented a bold attempt--through the subtle use of the tools of analytical Marxism--to resolve some of the long-standing problems in contemporary class theory.

The Debate on Classes brings together major critics of Wright's work to assess the adequacy of his theory. From differing perspectives, they deploy a range of empirical data--from studies undertaken in a number of countries--and they address questions as varied as the concept of contradictory class locations, the continuing coherence of Marxist approaches to class, the relation between stratification and social development, as well as the contentious roles of gender and ethnicity in generating inequality, and the central problem of the import of consciousness and concrete political activity on class composition.

Also included are Wright's own spirited responses and reformulations in the light of these criticisms, thereby presenting the reader with an open, scholarly discussion in which intellectual collaboration develops an understanding of the impact of class on the wider terrain of culture and politics.

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