{"product_id":"class-and-stratification-3e-9780745638706","title":"Class and Stratification 3e","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInequality in its many forms is becoming an ever greater problem in modern society. The revised edition of this popular book explains why it is so important to understand class and stratification, and how the tools used to analyse these divisions can help us to understand and confront problems of inequality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Provides major insights into gender, class and stratification.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eEquality, Diversity and Inclusion\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"The great strength of Crompton's book remains its commitment to providing a rounded analysis of both theoretical and empirical understanding of the continuing importance of class within contemporary society - together with the ability to present this in clear and accessible terms.\"\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJournal of Social Policy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A superb new edition from Crompton which will be perfect for students as well as the advanced reader. In new chapters on class and culture and families and mobility, Crompton powerfully demonstrates the importance of class and stratification to sociology as the sub-discipline continues to engage with big issues around structure and agency and economy and culture. Another best seller to be sure.\"\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eFiona Devine, \u003ci\u003eUniversity of Manchester\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Rosemary Crompton's \u003ci\u003eClass and Stratification\u003c\/i\u003e has established itself as the standard source for stratification studies. It combines theoretical rigour with an authoritative overview of relevant and up-to-date research. The third edition has been completely revised to include extended discussions of the impact of Bourdieu in stratification studies and recent work on social mobility and education. It is virtually a new book and will be of immense value even to those who have read its previous versions.\"\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eJohn Scott, \u003ci\u003eUniversity of Essex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \"Once again Rosemary Crompton has produced a brilliant synthesis. This third edition is the only textbook to range across both the traditional sociological debates on class, and the newer currents concerned the role of class in a neo-liberal environment. The overview of the extensive work influenced by Pierre Bourdieu is especially valuable.\" \u003cb\u003eMike Savage, \u003ci\u003eUniversity of Manchester\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcclaim for previous edition:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A comprehensive and compelling account of central debates on class and stratification. It is a brave and successful attempt to make accessible the many debates which are conducted under the banner of social class.\"\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTimes Higher Education Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Rosemary Crompton's book is by far the best existing guide to the present state of class analysis, remarkably well informed about the details of the most important current controversies.\"\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWork, Employment and Society\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A timely review of sociology's contribution to the explanation of social inequality. This book does an excellent job of setting out for students the central features of class analysis and its contribution to the study of inequality covering where it has been, where it is now, and where it might be going. It does so in an engaging manner and with a concern to recover a sense of meaning and purpose for both the insiders and outsiders of stratification analysis. It is bound to become a basic test for teaching in this area.\"\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSociology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction to the First Edition. \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to the Second Edition.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to the Third Edition, and Acknowledgements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 1: Setting the Scene.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndividualisation, neoliberalism, and 'extreme capitalism'.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary of chapters.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 2: Approaches to Class and Stratification Analysis.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDebating inequality.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheories of social differentiation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Class', a multi-faceted concept.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocial theory and social change.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe wider critique of 'class analysis'.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAction and structure, economy and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 3: Class Analysis: The Classic Inheritance and its Development in the 20th Century.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMarx.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWeber.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClass and sociology after the Second World War.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe development of theoretically informed accounts of the 'class structure'.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClass and history.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe intertwining of structure and action, economy and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClass inequality and the 'cultural turn'.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocial class, social geography and the turn to 'realism'.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 4: Measuring the 'Class Structure'.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOccupations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDescriptive occupational and status hierarchies and the analysis of 'social classes'.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheoretical ('relational') class schemes: Wright.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheoretical ('relational') class schemes: Goldthorpe.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe ONS-SEC.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConceptual basis of the ONS-SEC.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 5: An untimely prediction of death and a timely renewal.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChanges in the structure of work and employment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe expansion of women’s employment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClass, politics and action.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFarewell to class societies?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhere do we go from here?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'New and revised' approaches.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 6: Class and culture: the ethnography of class.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocial status, social hierarchies, and social citizenship.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBourdieu.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe 'new middle classes'.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe contemporary ethnography of the working class.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiscussion and conclusions: a new synthesis?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 7: Families, Social Mobility and Educational Achievement.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Class and the family.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocial mobility.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeclining social mobility.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSecondary and higher education in Britain.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExplaining class differences in educational achievement.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat is to be done?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 8: Widening inequalities and debates on 'class': discussion and conclusions.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom the 'underclass' debate to social exclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWidening inequality.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBack to definitions: the approach developed in this book.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe possibility of countervailing processes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Polity Press","offers":[{"title":"Default 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