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In 1990, John Major hailed 'the classless society'; in 1997, New Labour announced that 'we're all middle class now', yet we live in an age where food banks, pay day lenders and zero-hour contracts proliferate: it's clear that class matters. Foregrounding the economic nature of class, Split challenges the idea that class can be reduced to the cultural. From precarious labour to rising debt; from the housing crisis to environmental catastrophe; from an inflated prison population to the welfare state; Ben Tippet traces the class divide at the heart of all exploitation. Myth-busting meritocracy, he exposes the role that tax havens, colonialism and inheritance play in the wealth of the elite. Split highlights the potential for a diverse and eclectic working-class bloc to fight back in an age of austerity and uncertainty.
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Split, Ben Tippet
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- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2020
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- Titel
- Split
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- Ben Tippet
- Verlag
- Pluto Press
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2020
- Einband
- Paperback
- Seitenzahl
- 144
- ISBN10
- 0745340210
- ISBN13
- 9780745340210
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Sachbücher, Sozialwissenschaften, Handel, Wirtschaft & Management, Politikwissenschaft, Politik, Ökonomie, Geschenke für Opa, Soziologie, Aktivismus
- Bewertung
- 4,25 von 5 Sternen
- Beschreibung
- In 1990, John Major hailed 'the classless society'; in 1997, New Labour announced that 'we're all middle class now', yet we live in an age where food banks, pay day lenders and zero-hour contracts proliferate: it's clear that class matters. Foregrounding the economic nature of class, Split challenges the idea that class can be reduced to the cultural. From precarious labour to rising debt; from the housing crisis to environmental catastrophe; from an inflated prison population to the welfare state; Ben Tippet traces the class divide at the heart of all exploitation. Myth-busting meritocracy, he exposes the role that tax havens, colonialism and inheritance play in the wealth of the elite. Split highlights the potential for a diverse and eclectic working-class bloc to fight back in an age of austerity and uncertainty.