Researching society

• With reference to the work of Weber and Marx consider the relevance of class analysis in contemporary Britain. To what extent does class remain a meaningful concept today?

Essential: Book 1, Chapter 1 in Smith, A. (1904) The Wealth of Nations [available at]
http://www.econlib.org/library/Smith/smWN1.html #B.I, Ch.1, Of the Division of Labor
Recommended: Chapter 3 (Economic inequality and social class) in Savage, M. (2000) Class Analysis and Social Transformation Buckingham: Open University Press