CLASS AND STRATIFICATION, 3E

Book Details

• Author: Rosemary Crompton

• Publisher: Rawat Publications

• Language: English

• Edition: 3rd Edition, 2013

• ISBN: 9788131606087

• Pages: 208

• Cover: Hardcover

• Dimensions: 9.7 x 7.5 x 0.9 inches

About the Book

Class and Stratification by Rosemary Crompton provides a comprehensive examination of social inequality and its ongoing impact on modern society. In this extensively revised third edition, Crompton explains the critical importance of understanding class and stratification, and how analytical tools used to explore these divisions can help confront the issues of inequality we face today. The updated edition incorporates contemporary economic and social changes, including discussions of neoliberalism and its societal effects. The book introduces new theories, such as the emphasis on individualisation and the cultural turn, while also providing a fresh perspective on class analysis through a 'cultural' lens. The text examines important developments in social mobility, educational opportunities, and social polarization. This edition serves as essential reading for upper-level undergraduate and postgraduate students in the social sciences, offering a nuanced understanding of the changing nature of social inequality. The book highlights the damaging effects of increasing inequality on social cohesion, while reaffirming the continued relevance of class in our lives today.

Contents

1. Setting the Scene

2. Approaches to Class and Stratification Analysis

3. Class Analysis: The Classic Inheritance and its Development in the 20th Century

4. Measuring the Class Structure

5. An Untimely Prediction of Death and a Timely Renewal

6. Class and Culture: The Ethnography of Class

7. Families, Social Mobility, and Educational Achievement

8. Widening Inequalities and Debates on Class: Discussion and Conclusions

About the Author

Rosemary Crompton is a Professor of Sociology at City University, London. She has made significant contributions to the field of social stratification and class analysis through her extensive research and writing.