Class Matters: Inequality and Exploitation in 21st Century Britain

Class Matters: Inequality and Exploitation in 21st Century Britain
ISBN-10
0745337082
ISBN-13
9780745337081
Series
Class Matters
Category
Capitalism
Pages
224
Language
English
Published
2018-05-14
Publisher
Pluto Press (UK)
Author
Charles Umney

Description

Social class remains a fundamental presence in British life in the twenty-first century. It is woven into the very fabric of social and political discourse, undiminished by the end of mass industry; unaugmented despite the ascendancy of 'ordinary working people' and other substitute phrases. Absent from this landscape, however, is any compelling Marxist expression or analysis of class.In Class Matters, Charles Umney brings Marxist analysis out of the 19th century textiles mill, and into the call centres, office blocks and fast food chains of modern Britain. He shows how core Marxist concepts are vital to understanding increasing pay inequality, decreasing job security, increasing routinisation and managerial control of the labour process.Providing a critical analysis of competing perspectives, Umney argues that class must be understood as a dynamic and exploitative process integral to capitalism - rather than a descriptive categorisation - in order for us to better understand the gains capital has made at the expense of labour over the last four decades.

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