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  • A major new study of white working class Britain since 1930 that shows how mea... A major new study of white working class Britain since 1930 that shows how meanings of poverty have changed over time and how individuals reject categorization by the state. This book challenges accepted wisdom on the white working class providing... more
  • A major new study of white working class Britain since 1930 that shows how mea... A major new study of white working class Britain since 1930 that shows how meanings of poverty have changed over time and how individuals reject categorization by the state. This book challenges accepted wisdom on the white working class providing... more
  • A major new study of white working class Britain since 1930 that shows how mea... A major new study of white working class Britain since 1930 that shows how meanings of poverty have changed over time and how individuals reject categorization by the state. This book challenges accepted wisdom on the white working class providing... more
  • This book juxtaposes the experiences of regions that have lived or are living ... This book juxtaposes the experiences of regions that have lived or are living through industrial transition in coal-mining and manufacturing centres throughout Europe opening the way to a deeper understanding of the intensity of change and of how... more
  • This book examines experiences and implications of against-the-grain school ch... This book examines experiences and implications of against-the-grain school choices where white middle class families choose ordinary and low performing secondary schools for their children. It offers a unique view of identity formation taking in... more
  • With the onset of a more conservative political climate in the 1980s social an... With the onset of a more conservative political climate in the 1980s social and especially labour history saw a decline in the popularity that they had enjoyed throughout the 1960s and 1970s. This led to much debate on its future and function within... more
  • How does an industrial community cope when they are told that closure is inevi... How does an industrial community cope when they are told that closure is inevitable? What if this is only the last in a 200 year long line of threats insecurities and closure? How did people weather the storms and how do they face the future now?... more
  • How does an industrial community cope when they are told that closure is inevi... How does an industrial community cope when they are told that closure is inevitable? What if this is only the last in a 200 year long line of threats insecurities and closure? How did people weather the storms and how do they face the future now?... more
  • Bringing together leading scholars to investigate trends in contemporary socia... Bringing together leading scholars to investigate trends in contemporary social life this book examines the current patterning of identities based on class and community gender and generation race faith and ethnicity and derived from popular culture... more
  • This book explores the social and political significance of contemporary recog... This book explores the social and political significance of contemporary recognition contests in areas such as disability race and ethnicity nationalism class and sexuality drawing on accounts from Europe the USA Latin America the Middle East and... more
  • This book explores understandings and experiences of dirty work - tasks or occ... This book explores understandings and experiences of dirty work - tasks or occupations that are seen as disgusting and degrading. It complicates the clean/dirty divide in the context of organizations and work and illustrates some of the complex ways... more
  • This book presents an accessible and fascinating account of theoretical debate... This book presents an accessible and fascinating account of theoretical debates around identity and work recent empirical trends and methodological arguments concerning the role of oral testimony and its interpretation. Focusing on three... more
  • Why do people enter total institutions - places that confine and control them ... Why do people enter total institutions - places that confine and control them around the clock - and how does the experience change them? This book updates Goffman s classic model by introducing the Re-inventive Institution where members voluntarily... more
  • This book uses identity theories to explore the struggles of indigenous people... This book uses identity theories to explore the struggles of indigenous peoples against the domination of the settler imaginary in Australia Canada New Zealand and the United States. The book argues that a new relational imaginary can revolutionize... more
  • This book explores understandings and experiences of dirty work - tasks or occ... This book explores understandings and experiences of dirty work - tasks or occupations that are seen as disgusting and degrading. It complicates the clean/dirty divide in the context of organizations and work and illustrates some of the complex ways... more
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