Preface
1. Posing the Problem: The Agenda of Class Analysis
The Legacy of Marx
The Agenda of Contemporary Marxist Class Analysis
Part One: Conceptual Issues
2. The Biography of a Concept: Contradictory Class Locations
Steps in the Analysis of the Formation of the Concept of Contradictory Locations
The Empirical Setting
Theoretical Constraints
Alternative Solutions
Building a New Concept
Problems with Conceptualization
3. A General Framework for the Analysis of Class
Roemer's Account of Class and Exploitation
Towards a General Framework of Class Analysis
Once Again, Unresolved Problems
4. Implications and Elaboration of the General Framework
Alternative Class Theories
Mode of Production and Social Formation
The Theory of History
Legitimation and Motivation
Class Structure and Form of the State
Class Structure and Class Formation
Class Alliances
Women in the Class Structure Conclusion
Part Two: Empirical Investigations
5. Empirically Adjudicating Contending Class Definitions
Operationalizing the Adjudications
Reformulation of Hypotheses
Note on Statistical Procedures
Empirical Results
Conclusion
6. Class Structure in Contemporary Capitalism: A Comparison of Sweden and the United States
Class Distributions
Explaining Differences in Class Structures
Class and Family
Class Structure and Income
7. Class Structure and Class Consciousness in Contemporary Capitalist Society
What is Class Consciousness?
Causal Logic
Operationalizations
A Note on Statistical Procedures
Empirical Results
Conclusions
Conclusion
The Exploitation Centred Concept of Class
The Class Structure of Contemporary Capitalism
Class Structure and Politics
Political Implications
Appendix I: Practical Strategies for Transforming Concepts
Appendix II: Variable Constructions
Appendix III: Full Data for Selected Tables
Bibliography
Index