Against the Odds?: Social Class and Social Justice in Industrial Societies

by Gordon Marshall, Adam Swift, Stephen Roberts

Overview

What is the relation between social class and social justice? This is currently a matter of public as well as academic interest. In this compelling new study the authors bring together recent developments in normative thinking about social justice with new empirical findings about educational attainment and social mobility. The result is a path-breaking contribution to the study of class and justice, one that will be of interest to sociologists and political theorists for years to come.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198292401
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	07/10/1997
Pages:	278
Product dimensions:	6.38(w) x 9.50(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Stephen Roberts was formerly Research Officer at Nuffield College, Oxford