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UNINA9910367656303321 |
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Umney Charles |
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Class matters : inequality and exploitation in twenty-first century Britain / / Charles Umney |
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London, England : , : Pluto Press, , 2018 |
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1-78680-246-5 |
1-78680-245-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (225 pages) |
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Social classes - Great Britain - 21st century |
Great Britain |
Grossbritannien |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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The Rest of the Book -- ; 1. The 'Economy that Works for Everyone' -- Platitudes -- Class Since the Financial Crisis -- Class and Classification in Academia -- ; 2. Alien Powers: Class in Marxist Thought -- Conflict in the Workplace -- Dependency and Discipline -- Subordination of the Individual -- Alien Powers and Loss of Control -- Beyond Production -- ; 3. Changing Class Dynamics in Britain -- Introduction -- Inequality and the Balance of Class Power in Britain -- Financialisation, Capital and Class Discipline -- Labour Discipline and 'Precarity' -- Conclusion -- ; 4. Jobs -- Workplace Control -- Conflict, Resistance and Class Power -- ; 5. Government -- Adequate Forms and Alien Powers -- Public Services and Capital -- Blood Sacrifices to Alien Powers -- ; 6. Class and Equality -- Class, 'Identity Politics' and Cosmopolitans -- Marxism and Feminism -- Equality and Capital -- Capital and Immigration -- ; 7. Technology -- The Means of Evaluation -- Capitalism and the Wasting of Resources -- ; 8. Media and Ideology -- Common Sense -- The News Media -- Marxist Views on Ideology -- ; 9. Conclusion -- Summary -- Capital and the Future -- Final Thoughts: Britain after the 2017 General Election. |
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"Social class remains a fundamental presence in British life. It is woven into the very fabric of social and political discourse, undiminished by |
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the end of mass industry. In Class Matters, Charles Umney brings Marxist analysis out of the nineteenth century textile mills, 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"--Back cover. |
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UNINA9910132269003321 |
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Autore |
Taylor Maria |
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Global warming and climate change : what Australia knew and buried -- then framed a new reality for the public / / Maria Taylor |
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Canberra, Australia : , : Australian National University Press, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xiv, 215 pages) : colour illustrations |
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Open Access e-Books |
Knowledge Unlatched |
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Global warming - Australia |
Climatic changes - Australia |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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The legacy -- Foreword: the hidden history of Australia’s early response to climate change -- 1. History is what we make it -- 2. Loading the dice: humans as planetary force -- 3. Framing information to influence what we hear -- 4. What Australians knew 25 years ago -- 5. Australians persuaded to doubt what they knew -- 6. Influences on a changed story and the new normal 1990's: values and beliefs -- 7. Influences on a changed story and the new normal: media locks in the new narrative -- 8. Influences on a changed story and the new normal: |
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scientists’ beliefs and public scepticism -- 9. In search of certainty and applying uncertainty -- 10. Dicing with the climate: how many more throws? -- A chronology of some major climate science/policy milestones |
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Relevant to both Australian and overseas audiences, here is the untold story of how Australia buried its knowledge on climate change science and response options during the 1990's - going from clarity to confusion and doubt after arguably leading the world in citizen understanding and a political will to act in the late 1980's. 'What happened and why' is a fascinating exploration drawing on the public record of how a society revised its good understanding on a critical issue affecting every citizen. It happened through political and media communication, regardless of international scientific assessments that have remained consistent in ascribing causes and risks since 1990. How could this happen? The author examines the major influences, with lessons for the present, on how the story was reframed. Key have been values and beliefs, including economic beliefs, that trumped the science, the ability of changing political leaders and the mass media to set the story for the public, as well as the role of scientists' own communication over time and the use and misuse of uncertainty. |
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