Ownership And Social Differentiation : Understandings and Misunderstandings

The work can serve as a textbook in social stratification and class. Its uniqueness lies not only in its comprehensive scope, but also in the stress on a critical analysis. The book considers all the pros and cons of the theories concerned,and its arguments are embedded in a broad theoretical framework which is both original and innovative in character. The ground-breaking nature of the study is grounded in a range of novel theoretical perspectives on property and social differentiation, class included.