This article takes advantage of a unique historical opportunity, the transformation of Central-
East Europe with the collapse of Communism, to address a fundamental question in the …

This book explores the new politics of class in 21st century Britain. It shows how the
changing shape of the class structure since 1945 has led political parties to change, which …

The present chapter will review the concept of social identity complexity and discuss how an
individual's cognitive representation of his or her own ingroups can impact inclusiveness of …

In this article, we introduce the concept of social identity complexity—a new theoretical
construct that refers to an individual's subjective representation of the interrelationships …

Children growing up in homes with many books get 3 years more schooling than children
from bookless homes, independent of their parents' education, occupation, and class. This is …

The volume offers essential reading for undergraduates who need an introduction to the
field, for graduate students who wish to broaden their understanding of stratification …

This article provides a comprehensive overview of research that has examined the content
and prevalence of stereotypic media images of the poor. Research examining televised …

In rejecting both arguments of the 'death of class', and the increasingly minimalist positions
of class traditionalists, a newer generation of class theorists have transformed the scope and …

Offering a fresh and exciting new perspective on differentiation and inequality, this
absorbing book investigates how our most personal choices (of sexual partners, friends …

Income inequality has been contentious for millennia, a source of political conflict for
centuries, and is now widely feared as a pernicious “side effect” of economic progress. But …