Divisions and Solidarities

Traditionally class analysis has exaggerated the role of economic differentiation particularly that of the informal economy and has underestimated the degree of common consciousness amongst the `labouring class'. In Divisions and Solidarities Alison MacEwen Scott examines class analysis and the inter-relationship between gender and class which creates a shared interest between men and women in some contexts and a divergence of interest in others. Using case studies of the urban population in Latin America she presents a major critique of existing class theories and presents a new theoretical treatment on class formation the orthodoxy of the informal economy class consciousness and political participation. . Language: English