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CLASS MATTERS - CHARLES UMNEY KARTONIERT (TB)

Social class remains a fundamental presence in British life in the twenty-first century. It is
woven into the very fabric of social and political discourse  undiminished by the end of mass
industry  unaugmented despite the ascendancy of 'ordinary working people' and other substitute
phrases. Absent from this landscape  however  is any compelling Marxist expression or analysis
of class.In Class Matters  Charles Umney brings Marxist analysis out of the 19th century
textiles mill  and into the call centres  office blocks and fast food chains of modern Britain.
He shows how core Marxist concepts are vital to understanding increasing pay inequality 
decreasing job security  increasing routinisation and managerial control of the labour process.
Providing a critical analysis of competing perspectives  Umney argues that class must be
understood as a dynamic and exploitative process integral to capitalism - rather than a
descriptive categorisation - in order for us to better understand the gains capital has made at
the expense of labour over the last four decades.

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