Showing papers by "University of Lapland published in 1989"
TL;DR: In this article, a new kind of Marxist theory on the new middle classes is proposed, which is based on the analysis of different forms of mental work, which are outlined on the basis of power resources and strategies at the level of "politics of production".
Abstract: Starting from a critical evaluation of earlier work, this article proposes a new kind of Marxist theory on the new middle classes. The centre-piece of this new theory is the analysis of different forms of mental work, which are outlined on the basis of power resources and strategies at the level of ’politics of production’. This means that class criteria are derived from an analysis of the processes of class relations. The theory is illustrated by an empirical analysis of the class situation of Finnish wage-earners, in which it is concluded that a distinction must be made between the core and marginal groups of
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