Working Class Experiences of Social Inequalitie, Meier Paperback..

Working Class Experiences of Social Inequalities in (Post-) Industrial LandscapesFeelings of Class\nAuthor(s): Lars Meier\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367775025, 978-0367775025\nSynopsis\nBased on qualitative research among industrial workers in a region that has undergone deindustrialisation and transformation to a service-based economy, this book examines the loss of status among former manual labourers. Focus lies on their emotional experiences, nostalgic memories, hauntings from the past and attachments to their former places of work, to transformed neighbourhoods, as well as to public space. Against this background the book explores the continued importance of class as workers attempt to manage the declining recognition of their skills and a loss of power in an \""established-outsider figuration\"". A study of the transformation of everyday life and social positions wrought by changes in the social struct.