The Class Structure of Capitalist Societies, Volume 4 - Singular Experiences of Family, Work and Leisure

This fourth volume of The Class Structure of Capitalist Societies finishes the series by exploring how class infuses people's past and present efforts to juggle family, work and leisure.

List of contents

1. Introduction
2. The structures of everyday life
3. Constructing singular individuals
Part I: The US
4. When work disturbs family and lifestyles
5. When family disturbs work and lifestyles
Part II: Sweden
6. Variations on satisfaction
7. Variations on dissatisfaction
Part III: Germany
8. The struggles of mothers 1: Beyond reproduction
9. The struggles of mothers 2: Mobility and necessity
10. The struggles of men
Part IV: Conclusions and prospects
11. Conclusions and prospects
Appendix: On existing theories of borders and balances

About the author

Will Atkinson is Professor of Sociology at the University of Bristol, UK. He is the author of Class (2nd ed, 2024), Class in the New Millennium (2017) and Bourdieu and After (2020) as well as the other volumes in the Class Structure of Capitalist Societies series: A Space of Bounded Variety (2020), Social Space and Symbolic Domination in Three Nations (2022) and Love, Lifestyles and a Multiplicity of Capitals (2024).

Summary

This fourth volume of The Class Structure of Capitalist Societies finishes the series by exploring how class infuses people’s past and present efforts to juggle family, work and leisure.

Product details

• Authors: Will Atkinson, Atkinson Will
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032781426
• ISBN: 978-1-03-278142-6
• No. of pages: 238
• Weight: 453 g
• Illustrations: Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
• Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; Social Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Sociology: sport & leisure, Sociology: family & relationships, Social issues & processes, Sociology: sport and leisure, Gender studies, gender groups, Sociology: work & labour, Social classes, Social and ethical issues, Sociology: family and relationships, Sociology: work and labour