The No-Nonsense Guide to Class, Caste & Hierarchies (The No-Nonsense Guides) - Softcover

Seabrook, Jeremy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1859844650 ISBN 13: 9781859844656

Publisher: Verso, 2002

Synopsis

After nearly two centuries of industrialization, social relationships still tend to be defined by whether you are an owner, a manager or a shop-floor worker. In older but less industrialized societies, notably India, the caste system defines inherited and fixed positions in society. In totalitarian regimes, a hierarchical structure is created through party allegiance and bureaucratic or military rank.

About this title

About the Author:

Jeremy Seabrook is the highly respected author of Victims of Development, In the Cities of the South and Love in a Different Climate. He lives in London.

Review:

A splendid new series of pocketable guides to issue-politics...Rigorously clear. -- The Guardian

Easy-to-digest slices of smart. -- Willamette Week

Small and affordable...ideal for anyone who wishes to intelligently address and debate the important issues of our time. -- Orion Magazine

[A] gulp of fresh water in a parched desert of uninformed opinion. -- Shepherd Metro Express

About this edition

• Publisher: Verso
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1859844650
• ISBN 13: 9781859844656
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144