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Split: Class Divides Uncovered

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In 1990, John Major hailed 'the classless society'; in 1997, New Labour announced that 'we're all middle class now', yet we live in an age where food banks, pay day lenders and zero-hour contracts proliferate: it's clear that class matters. 

Foregrounding the economic nature of class, Split challenges the idea that class can be reduced to the cultural. From precarious labour to rising debt; from the housing crisis to environmental catastrophe; from an inflated prison population to the welfare state; Ben Tippet traces the class divide at the heart of all exploitation. Myth-busting meritocracy, he exposes the role that tax havens, colonialism and inheritance play in the wealth of the elite. 

Split highlights the potential for a diverse and eclectic working-class bloc to fight back in an age of austerity and uncertainty.

132 pages, Paperback

First published March 20, 2020

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bardzo dobrze i rzetelnie napisane podsumowanie różnych pojęć dotyczących klasy (głównie na przykładzie wielkiej brytanii), tego jak klasa powiązana jest z rasą, czy historii o anty-kapitalizmie. książka mimo swoich małych rozmiarów ma w sobie dużo treści i w jej napisanie musiało zostać włożone sporo pracy (i dobrego researchu). bardzo podobało mi się też, że autor na końcu poleca kilka książek, rozwijających poruszone przez niego tematy.
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