Contesting Class Boundaries

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history of class studies in the UK: various rich people came up with maps/tables based on their own biases and distaste for the poor
unlike in some other countries, the upper classes of the UK were never deposed via revolution (i.e., slicey bois)
conservatives would use the middle class as their base, against what they saw as the moral degradation of the left's working class
John Goldthorpe, working in the 60s, did pioneering research into social class; came up with a table (NS-SEC) based on occupation but without social, cultural judgments (thus its biggest weakness: doesn't explain non-occupational class markers based on taste, culture)
the biggest thing to remember is that social class is about the accumulation of advantage over time


        Savage, M. (2015). Contesting Class Boundaries. In Savage, M. Social Class in the 21st Century. Pelican, pp. 23-56

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[...] Social classes, we contend, are fundamentally associated with the stored historical baggage and the accumulation of advantages over time.

Bourdieu says this a lot but I like this phrasing

—p.46 by Mike Savage 7 years ago

[...] Social classes, we contend, are fundamentally associated with the stored historical baggage and the accumulation of advantages over time.

Bourdieu says this a lot but I like this phrasing

—p.46 by Mike Savage 7 years ago

Social Class in the 21st Century
by Mike Savage