Social inequalities
20. The Great British Class Survey
Manchester Sociologists were involved in the largest ever study of class in Great Britain – the Great British Class Survey (GBCS). In collaboration with the BBC, this resulted in one of the most successful pieces of popular sociology ever, challenging public understandings what class means and resulting in an unprecedented public […]
19. Bev Skeggs: Feminism and class
Bev Skeggs came to Manchester as a professor in 1999 and was head of department from 2001-2004. Her work has focused particularly on questions of gender and class. Her examination of respectability and the gendered and classed identities of a group of white working class women (in Formations of Class […]
8. Cultural class analysis
Cultural class analysis is a way of researching class that argues that the class you belong to does not depend solely on your job. Whilst jobs are a very important factor affecting people’s social position, if we take a wider look at ‘class’ and consider people’s education, their other cultural […]