Split: Class Divides Uncovered
In 1990, John Major hailed 'the classless society'; in 1997, New Labour announced that 'we're all middle class now', yet we live in an age where food banks, pay day lenders and zero-hour contracts proliferate: it's clear that class matters. 

Foregrounding the economic nature of class, Split challenges the idea that class can be reduced to the cultural. From precarious labor to rising debt; from the housing crisis to environmental catastrophe; from an inflated prison population to the welfare state; Ben Tippet traces the class divide at the heart of all exploitation. Myth-busting meritocracy, he exposes the role that tax havens, colonialism and inheritance play in the wealth of the elite. 

Split highlights the potential for a diverse and eclectic working-class bloc to fight back in an age of austerity and uncertainty.
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Split: Class Divides Uncovered
In 1990, John Major hailed 'the classless society'; in 1997, New Labour announced that 'we're all middle class now', yet we live in an age where food banks, pay day lenders and zero-hour contracts proliferate: it's clear that class matters. 

Foregrounding the economic nature of class, Split challenges the idea that class can be reduced to the cultural. From precarious labor to rising debt; from the housing crisis to environmental catastrophe; from an inflated prison population to the welfare state; Ben Tippet traces the class divide at the heart of all exploitation. Myth-busting meritocracy, he exposes the role that tax havens, colonialism and inheritance play in the wealth of the elite. 

Split highlights the potential for a diverse and eclectic working-class bloc to fight back in an age of austerity and uncertainty.
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Split: Class Divides Uncovered

Split: Class Divides Uncovered

by Ben Tippet
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Split: Class Divides Uncovered

by Ben Tippet

Overview

In 1990, John Major hailed 'the classless society'; in 1997, New Labour announced that 'we're all middle class now', yet we live in an age where food banks, pay day lenders and zero-hour contracts proliferate: it's clear that class matters. 

Foregrounding the economic nature of class, Split challenges the idea that class can be reduced to the cultural. From precarious labor to rising debt; from the housing crisis to environmental catastrophe; from an inflated prison population to the welfare state; Ben Tippet traces the class divide at the heart of all exploitation. Myth-busting meritocracy, he exposes the role that tax havens, colonialism and inheritance play in the wealth of the elite. 

Split highlights the potential for a diverse and eclectic working-class bloc to fight back in an age of austerity and uncertainty.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780745340210
Publisher: Pluto Press
Publication date: 03/20/2020
Series: Outspoken by Pluto
Pages: 144
Product dimensions: 5.08(w) x 7.80(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Ben Tippet is an educator, activist, and writer. He is currently doing a PhD at the University of Greenwich, researching the causes of wealth inequality in the UK. He is a researcher for The Transnational Institute and has written for Novara, Strike! and Economy.

Table of Contents

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
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