Social Class in Modern Britain

by Howard Newby, David Rose, Gordon Marshall

Book Overview

The book incorporates three alternative conceptions of class. Erik Olin Wright's structural Marxist account is set alongside John Goldthorpe's occupational class schema, and the Registrar-General's prestige and skill-related categories. The authors use their unique data on inequality and conflict in contemporary Britain to provide, for the first time, a rigourous comparison of Marxist, sociological and official class frameworks. The book ranges widely...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415098769
• ISBN13: 9780415098762
• Release Date: June 1989
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"