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This short chapter presents a discussion of the political implications of the arguments and evidence about class which have formed the basis of the rest of the book. A distinction is drawn between the liberal focus on inequality alone and a socialist focus on the mechanisms generating an unequal class structure. The need for a politics of class which addresses the situation and concerns both of the dispossessed and ‘the middle’ is asserted.
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Byrne, D. (2019). Conclusion: What Can Be Done. In: Class After Industry. Palgrave Pivot, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02644-8_8
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