Class Counts: Comparative Studies in Class Analysis

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Class Counts combines theoretical discussions of the concept of class with a wide range of comparative empirical investigations of class. Frontmatter List of figures List of tables Preface Acknowledgments 1 Class analysis Part I The class structure of capitalism and its transformations 2 Class structure comparative perspective 3 The transformation of the American class structure, 1960-1990 4 The fall and rise of the American petty bourgeoisie Part II The permeability of class boundaries 5 Class-boundary permeability: conceptual and methodological issues 6 Permeability of class boundaries to intergenerational mobility 7 Cross-class friendships 8 Cross-class families Part III Class and gender 9 Conceptualizing the interaction of class and gender 10 Individuals, families and class analysis 11 The noneffects of class on the gendered division of labor in the home 12 The gender gap in workplace authority Part IV Class structure and class consciousness 13 A general framework for studying class consciousness and class formation 14 Class consciousness and class formation in Sweden, the United States, and Japan 15 Class, state employment and consciousness 16 Temporality, class structure and class consciousness Part V Conclusion 17 Confirmations, surprises and theoretical reconstructions References Index of names of subjects