The White Collar Working Class: From Structure to Politics
Especially pertinent for political sociologists and political scientists, this text examines key social and political issues surrounding the white collar working class. The study is unique both in its coverage and elucidation of complex theories of white collar class and in incorporating structural class definition into the empirical investigation. The document examines current class situation, changes over time, and political outcomes. Specifically, it identifies a system of stratification within the working class, scrutinizes the proletarianization questions, and demonstrates the political consequences of structural class.

The White Collar Working Class is a significant expansion of a study of white collar class at the beginning of the 1980s. Reflecting both traditional and Marxian sociological perspectives of class and stratification, chaptes critique competing theories of white collar class situation and profile the changing white collar class structure. The final chapter explores the political implications of class, stratification, and white collar work.

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The White Collar Working Class: From Structure to Politics
Especially pertinent for political sociologists and political scientists, this text examines key social and political issues surrounding the white collar working class. The study is unique both in its coverage and elucidation of complex theories of white collar class and in incorporating structural class definition into the empirical investigation. The document examines current class situation, changes over time, and political outcomes. Specifically, it identifies a system of stratification within the working class, scrutinizes the proletarianization questions, and demonstrates the political consequences of structural class.

The White Collar Working Class is a significant expansion of a study of white collar class at the beginning of the 1980s. Reflecting both traditional and Marxian sociological perspectives of class and stratification, chaptes critique competing theories of white collar class situation and profile the changing white collar class structure. The final chapter explores the political implications of class, stratification, and white collar work.

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The White Collar Working Class: From Structure to Politics

The White Collar Working Class: From Structure to Politics

by Richard Sobel
The White Collar Working Class: From Structure to Politics

The White Collar Working Class: From Structure to Politics

by Richard Sobel

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Especially pertinent for political sociologists and political scientists, this text examines key social and political issues surrounding the white collar working class. The study is unique both in its coverage and elucidation of complex theories of white collar class and in incorporating structural class definition into the empirical investigation. The document examines current class situation, changes over time, and political outcomes. Specifically, it identifies a system of stratification within the working class, scrutinizes the proletarianization questions, and demonstrates the political consequences of structural class.

The White Collar Working Class is a significant expansion of a study of white collar class at the beginning of the 1980s. Reflecting both traditional and Marxian sociological perspectives of class and stratification, chaptes critique competing theories of white collar class situation and profile the changing white collar class structure. The final chapter explores the political implications of class, stratification, and white collar work.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780275930264
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 11/03/1989
Pages: 208
Product dimensions: 6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

RICHARD SOBEL is an Assistant Professor of Political Science and a Research Associate of the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research at the University of Connecticut. His research involves work and politics, and public opinion and public policy.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Martin Oppenheimer
Preface
White Collar and Class
Theories of White Collar Working Class
The Extent of the White Collar Working Class
The Proletarianization Questions and White Collar Labor
Is White Collar Being Proletarianized?
Is White Collar Being Deproletarianized?
Beyond the White Collar Working Class: From Structure to Politics
Index

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