This volume addresses the contested relationship between social stratification and social movements in three different ways: First, the authors address the rela

Social Movements and Social Classes asks how integrative and expansive collective action is in the constitution of modern societies, and how we can articulate i

Are contemporary societies organized by class? In recent years the apparent fragmentation of established class structures and the emergence of new social moveme

Social Movements cleverly translates the art of collective action and mobilization by excluded groups to facilitate understanding social change from below. Stud

Although Americans like to believe that they live in a classless society, Stanley Aronowitz demonstrates that class remains a potent force. Defining class as th