Reimagining Class in Australia : Marxism, Populism and Social Science

This book re-evaluates New Left and Marxist texts from the 1980s, in order to explore problems facing the study of 'class' which have emerged within Australian and international theories. The author contrasts the popular ideas of Connell, Bourdieu and the 'Death of Class' thesis,...

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Main Author Paternoster, Henry (Author)
Corporate Author SpringerLink (Online service)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
Subjects
Social sciences.
Political theory.
Social structure.
Social inequality.
Social sciences > Philosophy.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9783319554501
DOI10.1007/978-3-319-55450-1
Physical DescriptionXI, 279 p. online resource.

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction.- Chapter 1: Imagining class in Australian history.- Chapter 2: The New Left and Marxism.- Chapter 3: Connell and Irving's Class Structure in Australian History.- Chapter 4: Andrew Wells' Constructing Capitalism and political economy.- Chapter 5: Andrew Metcalfe and working class consciousness
  • Chapter 6: The Death of Class and its afterlife
  • Conclusion: Reimagining Class.

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