Social Classes

Due to globalization processes, foreign language skills, knowledge about other countries and intercultural competences have increasingly become imp...

Elite Discourse examines how language and communication or just discourse define, mediate and legitimize class privilege. It does so from the per...

This book outlines the history of squatting in Sweden and analyzes the conditions under which squatting has intensified and declined in the country...

Inequality is one of the most discussed topics of our times. Yet, we still do not know how to tackle the issue effectively. The book argues that th...

In this comprehensive volume, authors from across the social sciences explore how housing wealth transfers have impacted the integration of familie...

First published in 1972, this book rejects as inadequate the trait and functionalist theories of the professions and instead presents an alternativ...

Nothing really matters. All the things that we do not do, have or become in our lives can be important in shaping self-identity. From jobs turned d...

This title was first published in 2002: The trade union movement in twentieth-century Britain has been a cornerstone for societys marginalized memb...

First published in 1969, this book presents a one-volume anthology of Charles Booths Life and Labour of the People in London, the classic early stu...

First published in 1998, this volume asks: are new social classes in the making in eastern Europe? Are class issues withering away? How do differen...

First published in 1999, this volume examines the meanings specific child protection cases involving the familial sexual abuse of adolescent girls ...

First published in 1998, this volume contains an edited selection of papers presented at the Fifth International Research Seminar on Issues in Soci...

Focusing on the working-class experience of gentrification, this book re-examines the enduring relationship between class and the urban. Class is s...

First published in 1934, the majority of this book was developed just prior to the Nazi seizure of power, with additional material which reflects o...

This title was first published in 2003. A fascinating insight into the economic, social and political processes that shaped the lives of white work...

This title was first published in 2002: Advancing the understanding of a transition society, this book presents an in-depth analysis of social stru...

Exploring the British Indian model minority discourse, this book is the first empirical and theoretical examination of high achieving British India...

This book provides a comprehensive overview of caste in contemporary India. With contributions from scholars like Valerian Rodrigues, B.B. Mohanty,...

Economic and political uncertainty has brought the language of class especially discussion of the working class to a broad audience across schola...

Economic and political uncertainty has brought the language of class especially discussion of the working class to a broad audience across schola...

Far-Right Fantasy is a straight-forward, jargon-free study of contemporary American right-wing extremism. Accessible to both professional and lay a...

How a new woke elite uses the language of social justice to gain more power and statuswithout helping the marginalized and disadvantagedSociety has...

After Pinochet's dictatorship ended in Chile in 1990, the country experienced a rapid decline in poverty along with a quickly growing economy. As a...