Understanding Class by Erik Wright

Understanding Class by Erik Wright

Few ideas are more contested today than "class." Some have declared its death, while others insist on its centrality to contemporary capitalism. It is said its relevance is limited to explaining individuals' economic conditions and opportunities, while at the same time argued that it is a structural feature of macro-power relations. In Understanding Class, leading left sociologist Erik Olin Wright interrogates the divergent meanings of this fundamental concept in order to develop a more integrated framework of class analysis. Beginning with the treatment of class in Marx and Weber, proceeding through the writings of Charles Tilly, Thomas Piketty, Guy Standing, and others, and finally examining how class struggle and class compromise play out in contemporary society, Understanding Class provides a compelling view of how to think about the complexity of class in the world today.

A fascinating book* openDemocracy *
A benchmark contribution to necessary radical thinking. -- Göran Therborn
Only a thinker of Wright's genius could sustain such a badly needed political imagination without losing analytical clarity and precision. -- Michael Burawoy, UC Berkeley

ERIK OLIN WRIGHT is Vilas Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin. He is the author of many books, including Classes, Interrogating Inequality, Class Counts, Deepening Democracy (with Archon Fung), and Envisioning Real Utopias.

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ISBN 13	9781781689455
ISBN 10	1781689458
Titel	Understanding Class
Autor	Erik Wright
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Verso Books
Erscheinungsjahr	2015-09-15
Seitenanzahl	272
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