Social Class in Europe. Étienne Penissat

Social Class in Europe - Étienne Penissat


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      SOCIAL CLASS IN EUROPE

      SOCIAL CLASS

      IN EUROPE

      NEW INEQUALITIES IN THE OLD WORLD

      CÉDRIC HUGRÉE, ETIENNE PENISSAT

      AND ALEXIS SPIRE

      TRANSLATED BY RACHEL GOMME

      WITH EUNICE SANYA PELINI

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      First published in English by Verso 2020

      First published as Les Classes sociales en Europe. Tableaudes nouvelles inégalités sur le vieux continent © Editions Agone 2017 Translation © Rachel Gomme with Eunice Sanya Pelini 2020

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      Contents

       List of maps

       List of graphs

       List of tables

       List of abbreviations

       Acknowledgements

       Conclusion

       2. Delusions of Grandeur and Social Realities: The Middle Class

       The middle class at work

       Material comfort and cultural aspirations

       The paradoxes of the political role of the middle class

       3. Beyond the 1 Per Cent: The Plural Domination of the European Dominant Class

       Defining the dominant class

       The economic ascendancy of the dominant class

       The three forms of cultural distinction of the dominant class

       From social to political dominance

       4. Dominance and Exclusion: The Interplay between Social Class and Nation

       At the bottom of the European social space

       The hegemony of the dominant class of the North and West

       Circulation between classes and nations

       5. Are Classes Mobilised at the European Level?

       Class in conflict in and with the European Union

       Class antagonism contained within national borders

       An embryonic European social movement and its limitations

       Conclusion

       Conclusion

       Appendix 1. Secondary Use of Four European Surveys

       Appendix 2. Construction of Social Classes at European Level Using the ESEG Classification

       Appendix 3. ESEG Classification (Detailed Level) and Social Class

       Appendix 4. Constructing a European Social Class Space

       Notes

       Index

       Maps

       1. The working class in European countries

       2. The middle class in European countries

      


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