Class

by Will Atkinson

Book Overview

Class is not only amongst the oldest and most controversial of all concepts in social science, but also a topic which has fascinated, amused, incensed and galvanized the general public. But what exactly is a 'class'? How do sociologists study and measure it, and how does it correspond to everyday understandings of social difference in the twenty-first century?

In a time when inequality has dramatically returned to the social scientific...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509557199
• ISBN13: 9781509557196
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"