Social class in Europe : new inequalities in the old world / Cédric Hugrée, Etienne Penissat and Alexis Spire ; translated by Rachel Gomme, with Eunice sanya Pelini.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hugrée, Cédric, author.

Penissat, Étienne, author.

Spire, Alexis, author.

Contributor:

Gomme, Rachel, translator.

Pelini, Sanya, translator.

Standardized Title:

Classes sociales en Europe. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Social conditions.

Equality.

Income distribution.

Social classes.

Economic conditions.

Europe--Social conditions--20th century.

Europe.

Europe--Social conditions--21st century.

Europe--Economic conditions--20th century.

Europe--Economic conditions--21st century.

Social classes--European Union countries--20th century.

Social classes--European Union countries--21st century.

Income distribution--European Union countries--20th century.

Income distribution--European Union countries--21st century.

Equality--European Union countries--20th century.

Equality--European Union countries--21st century.

European Union countries--Social conditions--20th century.

European Union countries.

European Union countries--Social conditions--21st century.

Economic history.

Physical Description:

xi, 207 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; Brooklyn, NY : Verso , 2020.

Language Note:

Translated from the French.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Considering Europe through the lens of social class

Transcending the cliches of national difference

Beyond income inequality

Classifying social classes

1. The Weakened Working Class

Portrait of a social group in competition throughout Europe

The map of the working class in Europe

Shared vulnerability in the European labour market

Income and consumption: the working class split in two

Conclusion

2. Delusions of Grandeur and Social Realities: The Middle Class

The middle class at work

Material comfort and cultural aspirations

The paradoxes of the political role of the middle class

3. Beyond the 1 Per Cent: The Plural Domination of the European Dominant Class

Denning the dominant class

The economic ascendancy of the dominant class

The three forms of cultural distinction of the dominant class

From social to political dominance

4. Dominance and Exclusion: The Interplay between Social Class and Nation

At the bottom of the European social space

The hegemony of the dominant class of the North and West

Circulation between classes and nations

5. Are Classes Mobilised at the European Level?

Class in conflict in and with the European Union

Class antagonism contained within national borders

An embryonic European social movement and its limitations

Appendix 1 Secondary Use of Four European Surveys

Appendix 2 Construction of Social Classes at European Level Using the ESEG Classification

Appendix 3 ESEG Classification (Detailed Level) and Social Class

Appendix 4 Constructing a European Social Class Space.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781788736282

1788736281

9781788736275

1788736273

OCLC:

1112893734