Class counts: comparative studies in class analysis

Abstract

1. Class analysis Part I. The Class Structure of Capitalism and its Transformations: 2. Class structure in comparative perspective 3. The transformation of the American class structure, 1960-90 4. The fall and rise of the petty bourgeoisie Part II. The Permeability of Class Boundaries: 5. Class-boundaries 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 non-effects 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 Index.