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Are there classes in America? In The Classless Society Paul Kingston forcefully answers no. Challenging a long-standing intellectual tradition of class analysis recently revitalized by Erik Olin Wright and John Goldthorpe, and insisting on a realist conception of class, Kingston argues that presumed "classes" do not significantly share distinct, life-defining experiences.

Table of Contents
List of tables and figures; Preface; 1. Framing the issue; 2. The case for realism; 3. Class maps and ineqality; 4. Mobility; 5. Class sentiment; 6. The politics of class; 7. Class culture; 8. On the domestic front: friends, residences, and families; 9. Lives of the rich and poor; 10. The postindustrial effect; 11. American unexceptionalism; 12. Beyond class; Notes; References; Index.

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      Publisher: Stanford University Press
      Publication Date: 01/08/2000
      ISBN13: 9780804738064, 978-0804738064
      ISBN10: 804738068
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Are there classes in America? In The Classless Society Paul Kingston forcefully answers no. Challenging a long-standing intellectual tradition of class analysis recently revitalized by Erik Olin Wright and John Goldthorpe, and insisting on a realist conception of class, Kingston argues that presumed "classes" do not significantly share distinct, life-defining experiences.

      Table of Contents
      List of tables and figures; Preface; 1. Framing the issue; 2. The case for realism; 3. Class maps and ineqality; 4. Mobility; 5. Class sentiment; 6. The politics of class; 7. Class culture; 8. On the domestic front: friends, residences, and families; 9. Lives of the rich and poor; 10. The postindustrial effect; 11. American unexceptionalism; 12. Beyond class; Notes; References; Index.

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