Class formation, civil society and the state
Subtitle: a comparative analysis of Russia, France, UK and the US
By: Michael Burrage.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Social classes -- History; Social classes -- Cross-cultural studies; Social stratification -- History; Social stratification -- Cross-cultural studies; Civil society
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: An English obsession, myth and mystery; title: Lessons from comparative theories; title: What are classes? and who forms and dissolves them?; title: Class formation in two Russias; title: Civil society as adversary and collaborator in France; title: Civil society acts alone in the United States; title: Interim conclusions from three societies; title: Re-examining the English mystery; title: Testing the puzzle-solving capacity of the argument; title: A brief reply to Orwell; title: The class system comes to an end.