In an extensive survey, Carter examines the changing emphasis within Marxist class and labour process theory, arguing that the explicit and implicit movements towards an orthodox Marxist two class model fails to identify the significance of workplace changes, rendering Marxism formal and abstract. Conversely, a reintegration of class and labour process theory, within a framework which acknowledges the role and functions of the new middle class, promises to revitalise analysis and provide perspectives for understanding the fluid relations of class.
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