In recent years there has been growing debate among sociologists about the concept of class and its relevance to the highly industrialised world of the late twentieth century. This book makes available in a single volume all of the key contributions to this debate and takes it a step further with a number of specially commissioned pieces. An editorial introduction which sets the main arguments in context, additional commentary and two alternative conclusions help to make this a unique text for a subject that remains crucial yet highly contentious.
This is a collection of critiques and research on sociology and class analysis. The book is based upon the editors' disagreement about class analysis, and they maintain that disagreement is fundamental to the topic itself.
