A nation of shopkeepers : the unstoppable rise of the petty bourgeoisie
Evans, Dan2023
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The petty bourgeoisie - the insecure class between the working class and the bourgeoisie - is hugely significant within global politics. Yet it remains something of a mystery. Initially identified as a powerful political force by theorists like Marx and Poulantzas, the petit-bourgeoisie was expected to decline, as small businesses and small property were gradually swallowed up by monopoly capitalism. Yet, far from disappearing, structural changes to the global economy under neoliberalism have instead grown the petty bourgeoisie, and the individualist values associated with it have been popularized by a society which fetishizes 'aspiration', home ownership and entrepreneurship. So why has this happened? 'A Nation of Shopkeepers' sheds a light on this mysterious class, exploring the class structure of contemporary Britain and the growth of the petty bourgeoisie following Thatcherism.
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Evans, Dan, author
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London : Repeater, 2023.
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1 online resource (330 pages)
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9781913462925 (ebook)
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305.55
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English
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1203584
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