Table of Contents

Preface; Introduction: 1. Social inequality and class radicalism; Part I. Conceptions of Class Inequality: 2. Class awareness and class identity; 3. The conflict of class interests; 4. Political power and class inequality; 5. The national patterns; Part II. Sources of Proximate Determination: 6. The power structure of the firm; 7. The influence of the trade unions; 8. The influence of the political party; 9. The power structure of the firm, the trade unions and the parties of the Left: discussion; Part III. Elements of Historical Reconstruction: 10. The revolutionary tradition; 11. The agrarian roots of working-class radicalism: an assessment of the Mann/Giddens thesis; 12. War and the crisis of legitimacy; Conclusion; Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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This book, first published in 1983, examines in depth the nature and sources of class radicalism in France and Britain.