Description
"What are the causes of inequality in capitalist society? In Understanding Class, leading left sociologist Erik Olin Wright returns to the fundamental concept underlying this question, and interrogates the different theories and paradigms that have arisen for understanding it. Beginning with class analysis in Marx and Weber, proceeding through the writings of Charles Tilly and others, and finally examining how class struggle and class compromise play out in contemporary society, Understanding Class provides a complex but compelling view of how to think through inequality"--
Author: Erik Olin Wright
Publisher: Verso
Published: 09/15/2015
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9781781689455
ISBN10: 1781689458
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Social Classes & Economic Disparity
- Political Science | Political Ideologies | Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism
- Political Science | Political Economy
Author: Erik Olin Wright
Publisher: Verso
Published: 09/15/2015
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9781781689455
ISBN10: 1781689458
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Social Classes & Economic Disparity
- Political Science | Political Ideologies | Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism
- Political Science | Political Economy
About the Author
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.