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How Class Works
Stanley Aronowitz
其他書名
Power and Social Movement
出版
Yale University Press
, 2003-01-01
主題
Social Science / Reference
ISBN
0300105045
9780300105049
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=5EuYM4nW04AC&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
Although Americans like to believe that they live in a classless society, Stanley Aronowitz demonstrates that class remains a potent force. Defining class as the power of social groups to make a difference, he explains that social groups such as labor movements, environmental activists, and feminists become classes when they make demands that change the course of history.
“With
How Class Works
Aronowitz puts the subject of social class squarely on the intellectual agenda—though in a new, inclusive, and dynamic form. Like his influential
False Promises, How Class Works
is both intellectually exciting and morally challenging.”—Barbara Ehrenreich
“In
How Class Works
Aronowitz argues for the enduring vitality of the concept of social class as a way of understanding social relations. This is a significant contribution to social theory, an argument certain to be widely considered, debated, and tested.”—George Lipsitz, author of
American Studies in a Moment of Danger
“An intellectually captivating book on a topic that remains as timely and significant as ever.”—Howard Kimeldorf, University of Michigan