Towards a Classless Society?

by Helen Jones (Editor)

Overview

An alternative to the right-wing paradigm which has hijacked discussions of class, this book focuses on the specific ways in which class inequalities manifest themselves in Britain and exposes the hollowness if politicians' rhetoric over the classless society.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134742103
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/02/2005
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	248
File size:	609 KB

About the Author

Helen Jones

Table of Contents

Series Editor's Preface 1. Introduction 2. Young People, class and poverty 3. The right start: Poverty, health and education 4. Education and the reproduction of class-based inequalities 5. Youth training 6. Youth homelessness: Marginalising the marginalised? 7. Youth crime, social change and social class in Britain and France in the 1980s and 1990s 8. Young single mothers 9. British social work and the classless society: The failure of a profession 10. Towards a classless society?

Editorial Reviews

'Packed with information and statistics about the growth and impact of class inequalities which will be invaluable for social science students wishing to counter the arguments of rightwing or postmodernist lecturers.' - Socialist Review

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