Social Class In The 21st Century

Social Class in the 21st Century examines how class shapes modern Britain through the findings of the BBC’s Great British Class Survey. Mike Savage and fellow sociologists argue that class remains deeply influential, but cannot be understood by occupation or income alone. The book proposes a new class model based on three forms of capital: economic resources such as income and wealth, social capital through networks and connections, and cultural capital through tastes and participation. It explores how these inequalities affect opportunity, identity, exclusion, and social mobility.