Split: class divides uncovered

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How can we make sense of a world where we have both too many billionaires and too many foodbanks? We're supposed to go to university, forge a career, get wealthier, buy a house - but why is that so hard for most of us to achieve? Split makes sense of our world by looking at class society - delving into the deep-rooted economic inequalities that shape our lives. From the gig economy, rising debt and the housing crisis that affects the majority of people, to the world of tax havens and unfair inh…

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Full title :Split : class divides uncovered / Ben Tippet.

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Publication Date:2020.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Pluto Press
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2020.

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Description:1 online resource

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ISBN:9781786805959, 1786805952, 9781786805966, 1786805960, 9781786805973, 1786805979, 0745340210, 9780745340210
oclc:on1143740205
LC Classification:HM1121
Dewey Decimal:303.6

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Class is a Lucrative British Export -- 1. The Split: Capital and Labour -- 2. Work: Less is More -- 3. Gender: Please Mind the Gap -- 4. Money: Who Wants to be a Billionaire? -- 5. Culture: From Class Conundrums to Class Ceilings -- 6. Environment: 'A Handful of Dust' -- 7. Housing: 'Can't Pay -- We'll Take it Away' -- 8. The Authorities: Schools, Prisons and the Welfare State -- 9. Race: 'I Never Thought of Class Applying to Black People' -- 10. Solidarity: Confronting Class -- Resources