Citizenship and Capitalism (RLE Social Theory): The Debate over Reformism(Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory)

Series: Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory

In this study of politics in capitalist society Bryan Turner explores the development of citizenship as a way of demonstrating the effective use of political institutions by the working class and other subordinate groups to promote their interests. Marxist criticisms of reformism are rejected; it is shown that subordinate groups can achieve significant advances in social and economic rights, and t