Class and Struggle in Australia, 1st edition

  • Rick Kuhn

Title overview

For courses in political science and sociology.

Class and struggle in Australia is written in a lively and accessible style and provides an integrated and coherent Marxist account of fundamental features of Australian politics and society. It emphasises that classes are not only objective aspects of society but are also capable of subjective action. How they behave and consciousness of them is shaped by peoples experience, especially of social struggles.

Table of contents

  • 1. To have and to hold on to: wealth, power and the capitalist class
  • 2. Illusions of equality: the capitalist state
  • 3. From exploitation to resistance and revolt: the working class
  • 4. Labour movement leadership 
  • 5. Students in classes
  • 6. Women, class and oppression
  • 7. Sexual liberation: fighting lesbian and gay oppression
  • 8. Aborigines: problems of race and class
  • 9. Racism: whitewashing the class divide
  • 10. The neighbour from hell: Australian imperialism
  • 11. The workers flag is deepest green: class struggles and the environment
  • Index

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