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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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- Année de publication
- 2020
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- Titre
- Split
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Ben Tippet
- Éditeur
- Pluto Press
- Publié
- 2020
- Format
- souple
- Pages
- 144
- ISBN10
- 0745340210
- ISBN13
- 9780745340210
- Séries
- Mots clés
- Nonfiction, Sciences sociales, Commerce, Affaires & Gestion, Sciences politiques & Politique, Politique, Économie, Cadeaux pour papy, Sociologie, Activisme
- Évaluation
- 4,25 sur 5
- Description
- 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.