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Sobel examines key social and political issues surrounding the white collar working class, identifying a system of stratification within the working class, scrutinizing the proletarianization questions, and demonstrating the political consequences of structural class.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Martin Oppenheimer
Preface
White Collar and Class
Theories of White Collar Working Class
The Extent of the White Collar Working Class
The Proletarianization Questions and White Collar Labor
Is White Collar Being Proletarianized?
Is White Collar Being Deproletarianized?
Beyond the White Collar Working Class: From Structure to Politics
Index

About the Author

RICHARD SOBEL is an Assistant Professor of Political Science and a Research Associate of the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research at the University of Connecticut. His research involves work and politics, and public opinion and public policy.

Reviews

?. . .makes a contribution to the understanding of social class and political behavior in the United States. It deserves the close attention of scholars everywhere concerned with the present and the future realities of class and politics. The book is a timely and carefully documented rise of the "new middle class" of white-collar employees in society.?-Perspectives on Political Science

?Any professor teaching organizations or occupations should find this book useful in introducing students to one of the most fascinating subjects in the study of contemporary social structure.?-The American Sociological Association Organizations and Occupations Newsletter

"Any professor teaching organizations or occupations should find this book useful in introducing students to one of the most fascinating subjects in the study of contemporary social structure."-The American Sociological Association Organizations and Occupations Newsletter

." . .makes a contribution to the understanding of social class and political behavior in the United States. It deserves the close attention of scholars everywhere concerned with the present and the future realities of class and politics. The book is a timely and carefully documented rise of the "new middle class" of white-collar employees in society."-Perspectives on Political Science