Towards a Classless Society?

Zusatztext 'Packed with information and statistics about the growth and impact of class inequalities which will be invaluable for social science students wishing to counter the arguments of rightwing or postmodernist lecturers.' - Socialist Review Informationen zum Autor Helen Jones Klappentext An alternative to the right-wing paradigm which has hijacked discussions of class, this book focuses on the specific ways in which class inequalities manifest themselves in Britain and exposes the hollowness if politicians' rhetoric over the classless society. Zusammenfassung Timely dissection of the notion of a classless society, which focuses on specific ways in which class inequalities manifest themselves in 1990's Britain. Examines youth crime and poverty, health, homelessness, education and young single mothers. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series Editor's Preface 1. Introduction 2. Young People, class and poverty 3. The right start: Poverty, health and education 4. Education and the reproduction of class-based inequalities 5. Youth training 6. Youth homelessness: Marginalising the marginalised? 7. Youth crime, social change and social class in Britain and France in the 1980s and 1990s 8. Young single mothers 9. British social work and the classless society: The failure of a profession 10. Towards a classless society?

Product details

• Authors: Helen Jones
• Assisted by: Helen Jones (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.09.1997
• EAN: 9780415153317
• ISBN: 978-0-415-15331-7
• No. of pages: 248
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, Medicine, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, Social Work, Politics & government, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Social issues & processes, Politics and government, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Social and ethical issues, Medicine and Nursing