CLASS, INDIVIDUALIZATION AND LATE MODERNITY by Will Atkinson ( 9780230290655 )

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CLASS, INDIVIDUALIZATION AND LATE MODERNITY
IN SEARCH OF THE REFLEXIVE WORKER

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ISBN 10:

0230290655

ISBN 13:

9780230290655

Publisher:

PALGRAVE MACMILLAN

Pub. date:

13 October, 2010

Series:

Identity Studies in the Social Sciences

Description:

This book puts to the test the prominent claim that social class has declined in importance in an era of affluence, choice and the waning of tradition. Arguing against this view, this study vividly uncovers the multiple ways in which class stubbornly persists.

Synopsis:

As the twentieth century drew to a close the sociology of class came under sustained attack. Within this assault, one strand of thought has stood out as particularly bold, wide-ranging and influential: that of putting reflexivity, whether attached to theorizations of individualization or late modernity, at the core of the current social order. This book seeks to put this audacious perspective to the test. Going far beyond the responses so far elicited from researchers of class, Will Atkinson deploys conceptual precision and original qualitative research to fully assess the fate of class in contemporary society. Digging deep into the educational experiences, work histories, lifestyles, perceptions and politics of the participants, Atkinson reveals reflexivity to be absent or, at best, a superficial interpretation of classed social processes. Ultimately, though a new social climate leads them to produce novel outcomes, class differences and inequalities persist as stubbornly as ever.

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