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Class Formation, Civil Society and the State

A Comparative Analysis of Russia, France, UK and the US

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  1. Michael Burrage
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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. An English Obsession, Myth and Mystery

    • Michael Burrage
    Pages 1-18

  3. Lessons from Comparative Theories

    • Michael Burrage
    Pages 19-34

  4. What Are Classes? And Who Forms and Dissolves Them?

    • Michael Burrage
    Pages 35-48

  5. Class Formation in Two Russias

    • Michael Burrage
    Pages 49-86

  6. Civil Society as Adversary and Collaborator in France

    • Michael Burrage
    Pages 87-140

  7. Civil Society Acts Alone in the United States

    • Michael Burrage
    Pages 141-206

  8. Interim Conclusions from Three Societies

    • Michael Burrage
    Pages 207-212

  9. Re-examining the English Mystery

    • Michael Burrage
    Pages 213-274

  10. Testing the Puzzle-solving Capacity of the Argument

    • Michael Burrage
    Pages 275-303

  11. A Brief Reply to Orwell

    • Michael Burrage
    Pages 304-309

  12. The Class System Comes to an End

    • Michael Burrage
    Pages 310-341

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 342-454
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Rather than a ranking system based on occupational prestige, this book explains social stratification through political events and decisions. Using analyses of Russia, France, the United States and England, Burrage claims that class stems from the habitual relationship between state and civil society and, remarkably, is undermined by free markets.

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About the author

MICHAEL BURRAGE has taught at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK, and has been a visiting professor in Brazil and Japan. He has also been a research fellow at Harvard University, USA; Free University Berlin, Germany; Uppsala University, Sweden; and University of California, Berkeley, USA.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Class Formation, Civil Society and the State

  • Book Subtitle: A Comparative Analysis of Russia, France, UK and the US

  • Authors: Michael Burrage

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230593367

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2008

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-4594-5Published: 17 January 2008

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-52330-6Published: 01 January 2008

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-59336-7Published: 17 January 2008

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 454

  • Topics: Social Structure, Social Inequality, Political Sociology, Sociology, general

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