I distinctly remember one of the first times I went to a contemporary gallery; I can't remember
which one it was. I was 17. I walked in the door and I was made to feel like a piece of shit …

A pioneering book that takes us beyond economic debate to show how inequality is
returning us to a past dominated by empires, dynastic elites, and ethnic divisions. 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 task of studying the impact of social class on physical and mental health involves,
among other things, the use of a conceptual toolbox that defines what social class is …

Why do people from privileged class backgrounds often misidentify their origins as working
class? We address this question by drawing on 175 interviews with those working in …

We have a detailed picture of how inequality impacts people's lives, but a much weaker
sense of how people perceive, interpret and understand issues of inequality. What shapes …

Lay perceptions of social structure and economic distribution have a particular salience in
the current era of widening inequalities which has characterised Britain since the 1980s …

The study of perceived economic differences in everyday life is relevant to deepening
knowledge of how inequality shapes psychological processes. In the current research …

Education, Inequality and Social Class provides a comprehensive discussion of the
empirical evidence for persistent inequality in educational attainment. It explores the most …

Modern societies are characterized by economic inequality. Redistributive policies are one
of the means to reduce it. We argue that perceived economic inequality in everyday life and …