The New Politics of Class: Social Movements and Cultural Dynamics in Advanced Societies - Couverture souple

Eder, Klaus

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0803988680 ISBN 13 : 9780803988682

Editeur : SAGE Publications Ltd, 1993

Synopsis

Are contemporary societies organized by class? In recent years the apparent fragmentation of established class structures and the emergence of new social movements - in particular the women's movement and environmentalism - have altered the traditional expressions of class in society. At the same time, these changes have posed fundamental questions for the concept of class in sociology and political science.

In this major reassessment, Klaus Eder offers a new perspective on the status of class in modernity. Drawing on a critique of Bourdieu, Touraine and Habermas, he outlines a cultural conception of class as the basis for understanding contemporary societies. His model reevaluates the role of the middle classes, traditiona

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Klaus Eder has written extensively on class, social movements and social structure. He is author of the New Politics of Class (SAGE 1993).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1993
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0803988680
• ISBN 13: 9780803988682
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 242
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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