LEADER 03319nam 2200433 450 001 9910367656303321 005 20230126215906.0 010 $a1-78680-246-5 010 $a1-78680-245-7 035 $a(CKB)4100000004819796 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5391177 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000004819796 100 $a20180608d2018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aClass matters $einequality and exploitation in twenty-first century Britain /$fCharles Umney 210 1$aLondon, England :$cPluto Press,$d2018. 215 $a1 online resource (225 pages) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-7453-3709-0 311 $a0-7453-3708-2 327 $tThe Rest of the Book --$g1.$tThe 'Economy that Works for Everyone' --$tPlatitudes --$tClass Since the Financial Crisis --$tClass and Classification in Academia --$g2.$tAlien Powers: Class in Marxist Thought --$tConflict in the Workplace --$tDependency and Discipline --$tSubordination of the Individual --$tAlien Powers and Loss of Control --$tBeyond Production --$g3.$tChanging Class Dynamics in Britain --$tIntroduction --$tInequality and the Balance of Class Power in Britain --$tFinancialisation, Capital and Class Discipline --$tLabour Discipline and 'Precarity' --$tConclusion --$g4.$tJobs --$tWorkplace Control --$tConflict, Resistance and Class Power --$g5.$tGovernment --$tAdequate Forms and Alien Powers --$tPublic Services and Capital --$tBlood Sacrifices to Alien Powers --$g6.$tClass and Equality --$tClass, 'Identity Politics' and Cosmopolitans --$tMarxism and Feminism --$tEquality and Capital --$tCapital and Immigration --$g7.$tTechnology --$tThe Means of Evaluation --$tCapitalism and the Wasting of Resources --$g8.$tMedia and Ideology --$tCommon Sense --$tThe News Media --$tMarxist Views on Ideology --$g9.$tConclusion --$tSummary --$tCapital and the Future --$tFinal Thoughts: Britain after the 2017 General Election. 330 $a"Social class remains a fundamental presence in British life. It is woven into the very fabric of social and political discourse, undiminished by 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. 606 $aSocial classes$zGreat Britain$y21st century 607 $aGreat Britain$2fast 607 $aGrossbritannien$2gnd 615 0$aSocial classes 676 $a305.50941 700 $aUmney$b Charles$01266504 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910367656303321 996 $aClass matters$92973936 997 $aUNINA