Class matters : inequality and exploitation in twenty-first century Britain / Charles Umney.
"Social class remains a fundamental presence in British life. It is woven into the very fabric of social and political discourse, undiminished by the end of mass industry. In Class Matters, Charles Umney brings Marxist analysis out of the nineteenth century textile mills, and into the call cent...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Pluto Press,
2018.
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| Online Access: | JSTOR Open Access |
| Summary: | "Social class remains a fundamental presence in British life. It is woven into the very fabric of social and political discourse, undiminished by the end of mass industry. In Class Matters, Charles Umney brings Marxist analysis out of the nineteenth century textile mills, and into the call centres, office blocks and fast food chains of modern Britain. He shows how core Marxist concepts are vital to understanding increasing pay inequality, decreasing job security, increasing routinisation and managerial control of the labour process. Providing a critical analysis of competing perspectives, Umney argues that class must be understood as a dynamic and exploitative process integral to capitalism - rather than a descriptive categorisation - in order for us to better understand the gains capital has made at the expense of labour over the last four decades"--Back cover. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vi, 206 pages : illustrations, charts) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-202) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781786802453 1786802457 9781786802460 1786802465 9780745337081 |