The Democratic Class Struggle

by Walter Korpi

First published in 1983. This book combines a case study of class relations, politics and voting in Sweden with a comparative analysis of distributive conflicts and politics in eighteen OECD countries. Its underlying theoretical theme is the development of class relations in free-enterprise or capitalise democracies. This title will be of interest to students of history and politics.

288 pages, Hardcover

Published November 27, 2018

About the author

Walter Korpi was a Swedish sociologist.
Korpi is a pioneer of power resource theory. Together with the Swedish politician and sociologist Joakim Palme, he wrote the work "The Paradox of Redistribution and Strategies of Equality", which has some detractors about its principles.
He is the brother of Sture Korpi.