Moral Economy of Class - Class and Attitudes in Comparative Perspective

Zusatztext "Overall, Svallfors establishes that class remains a powerful influence on people's attitudes about the society in which they live This book, beautifully crafted by Svallfors, guides the reader through complex analyses of data. It can only give comparative secondary analysis a good name." Informationen zum Autor Stefan Svallfors is Professor of Sociology at Umeå University, Sweden, and head of the Swedish component of the European Social Survey. He is the editor of Analyzing Inequality: Life Chances and Social Mobility in Comparative Perspective (Stanford University Press, 2005). Klappentext This book surveys whether and how social classes differ in their views on important social issues, such as work and family, the economy and politics, rights and morals, and the distribution of justice. What accounts for such differences in opinion? Are class differences comparable and consistent across different nations? Do class differences change over time? > Zusammenfassung A comparative study of political attitudes across social classes, examining what accounts for such differences in opinion and determining whether these differences change over time

Product details

• Authors: Stefan Svallfors
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.06.2006
• EAN: 9780804752855
• ISBN: 978-0-8047-5285-5
• No. of pages: 248
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Studies in Social Inequality; Studies in Social Inequality
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories