Understanding Class

Zusatztext “Develop[s] general frameworks of class analysis that can help integrate the insights of different theoretical traditions! and analyze[s] the problem of class conflict and class compromise in contemporary capitalism.” — Journal of Economic Literature Praise for Envisioning Real Utopias : “Builds a strong case for an emancipatory social science.” — Choice “A fascinating book.” — Open Democracy “A benchmark contribution to necessary radical thinking.” —Göran Therborn “Only a thinker of Wright’s genius could sustain such a badly needed political imagination without losing analytical clarity and precision.” —Michael Burawoy Informationen zum Autor Erik Olin Wright (1947-2019) was Vilas Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin. He authored many books, including Classes, Interrogating Inequality, Class Counts, Deepening Democracy (with Archon Fung), and Envisioning Real Utopias. Klappentext "What are the causes of inequality in capitalist society? In Understanding Class, leading left sociologist Erik Olin Wright returns to the fundamental concept underlying this question, and interrogates the different theories and paradigms that have arisen for understanding it. Beginning with class analysis in Marx and Weber, proceeding through the writings of Charles Tilly and others, and finally examining how class struggle and class compromise play out in contemporary society, Understanding Class provides a complex but compelling view of how to think through inequality"-- Zusammenfassung Leading sociologist examines how different readings of class enrich our understanding of capitalism

Product details

• Authors: Erik Olin Wright, Wright Erik Olin
• Publisher: Random House USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.08.2015
• EAN: 9781781689455
• ISBN: 978-1-78168-945-5
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Social Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, Social discrimination & inequality, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, Social discrimination and social justice