AER 52 aims to expand our understanding of the nature of literacy at a time when public and
private lives have become increasingly literacy-dependent, and literacy demands more …

This article reviews approaches to the study of poverty, inequality and social exclusion in
rural areas and seeks to relate these to new directions in class analysis and to ideas of …

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 …

While the 1% rule, poor neighbourhoods have become the subject of public concern and
media scorn, blamed for society's ills. This unique book redresses the balance. Lisa …

There has been renewed policy interest in intergenerational social mobility as a route to a
fairer society, but in ignoring the sociological evidence this article will argue that the current …

The finest-meshed sociological net cannot give us a pure specimen of class, any more than
it can give us one of deference or of love. The relationship must always be embedded in real …

Introduction: why still study fans?/Cornel Sandvoss, Jonathan Gray, and C. Lee Harrington--
Fan texts and objects--The death of the reader?: literary theory and the study of texts in …

For more than a decade, Carol Smart has been at the forefront of debates about the
sociology of the family. Yet she has become frustrated by the fixation of many commentators …

Inequality in its many forms is becoming an ever greater problem in modern society. The
revised edition of this popular book explains why it is so important to understand class and …

" Racism, Class and the Racialized Outsider is that rare thing nowadays, an academic book
that not only engages with a wider public but also provides a sharp campaigning edge to the …