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Class, Individualization and Late Modernity

In Search of the Reflexive Worker

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  • © 2010

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Part of the book series: Identity Studies in the Social Sciences (IDS)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Introduction: From Affluence to Reflexivit

  2. Theoretical Preliminaries

  3. Searching for the Reflexive Worker

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About this book

This book puts to the test the prominent claim that social class has declined in importance in an era of affluence, choice and the waning of tradition. Arguing against this view, this study vividly uncovers the multiple ways in which class stubbornly persists.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Bristol, UK

    Will Atkinson

About the author

WILL ATKINSON is a Researcher in the Department of Sociology at the University of Bristol, UK. He has published in a variety of journals on class, social change and social theory.

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