Erik Olin Wright's Classes was hailed on publication by the
American Journal of Sociology as "almost certain to be the most
important book on social classes" of the eighties. Wright presented
a bold attempt -- through the subtle use of the tools of analytical
Marxism -- to resolve some of the longstanding problems in
contemporary class theory. The Debate on Classes brings together
major critics of Wright's work to assess the adequacy of his
theory. From differing perspectives, they deploy a range of
empirical data - from studies undertaken in a number of countries -
and they address questions as varied as the concept of
'contradictory class locations', the continuing coherence of
Marxist approaches to class, the relation between stratification
and social development, as well as the contentious roles of gender
and ethnicity in generating inequality, and the central problem of
the import of 'consciousness' and the concrete political activity
on class composition. Also included are Wright's own spirited
responses and reformulations in the light of these criticisms,
thereby presenting the reader with an open, scholarly discussion in
which intellectual collaboration develops an understanding of the
impact of class on the wider terrain of culture and politics.
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