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Book Review: Equality and the British Left
Jennifer Hugh looks to the vigorous debate amongst the Left on equality, of which this text provides a much needed nuanced view. Equality and the British Left. Ben Jackson. Manchester University Press....
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Book Review: Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class
As Owen Jones’ book Chavs is longlisted for the Guardian First Book Award, we re-visit Carl Packman‘s review of this persuasively argued and passionately written book on how New Labour policies were...
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Book Review: Tory Pride and Prejudice: The Conservative Party and Homosexual...
How far have the Conservative Party really come with supporting gay rights and accepting the LGBT community? Michael McManus attempts to persuade us that being pro-gay rights is a natural stance for...
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The riots 1 year on: the actions of rioters are not to be defended but...
Pete Redford discusses the demonisation of rioters that followed the London riots last year. He questions the severity of the punishment meted out and the notion of a monolithic, welfare scrounging...
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Beveridge didn’t create the Welfare State from nowhere – he created it by...
December 2012 marked the 70th anniversary of the Beveridge Report, significant not only for its content but also for its context. In the midst of World War II, with a budget deficit and national debt...
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It is easy to be pessimistic about the British public’s willingness to win an...
This blog is part of a series connected to the Social State project from the Centre for Labour and Social Studies (Class). The project looks at what Beveridge’s analysis of society can teach us about...
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Podcast: Achieving a Social State
Last month saw our joint event with the Centre for Labour and Social Studies (CLASS), a panel discussion as part of their Social State project, which looks at what Beveridge’s analysis of society can...
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The British class system is becoming more polarised between a prosperous...
Mike Savage discusses the results of the largest British class survey ever conducted. It shows that class divisions remain very powerful and are becoming more entrenched. There is a growing gulf...
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The Great British Class Survey revives classical sociological theorising on...
Earlier this month the Great British Class Survey launched, attracting widespread attention and thrusting sociological arguments about class into the media spotlight. Following on from earlier posts on...
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Debates about the cultural aspects of class risk distracting us from the...
Danny Dorling reflects on the Great British Class Survey and the public debate it has generated. He outlines some of the challenges that have been raised about the underlying research before discussing...
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