Class Inequality In Austerity Britain: Power, Difference And Suffering
By: and and
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- Synopsis
- When the Coalition Government came to power in 2010 in claimed it would deliver not just austerity, as necessary as that apparently was, but also fairness. This volume subjects this pledge to critical interrogation by exposing the interests behind the policy programme pursued and their damaging effects on class inequalities. Situated within a recognition of the longer-term rise of neoliberal politics, reflections on the status of sociology as a source of critique and current debates over the relationship between the cultural and economic dimensions of social class, the contributors cover an impressively wide range of relevant topics, from education, family policy and community to crime and consumption, shedding new light on the experience of domination in the early 21st Century.
- Copyright:
- 2012
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- ISBN-13:
- 9781137016379
- Publisher:
- Palgrave Macmillan Limited
- Date of Addition:
- 02/07/18
- Copyrighted By:
- Will Atkinson
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Sociology
- Submitted By:
- Eleanor Ricketts
- Proofread By:
- Eleanor Ricketts
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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