Class of '84 : class structure and class awareness in New Zealand, 1984 : a thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the degree of Master of Arts in the Department of Sociology, Massey University

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dc.contributor.authorChrisp, Peter M. D
dc.date.accessioned2014-11-10T02:28:12Z
dc.date.available2014-11-10T02:28:12Z
dc.date.issued1986
dc.description.abstractIn 1977, an American Sociologist, Eric Olin Wright, launched an international survey project which aimed to "investigate the contours of class structure and class consciousness in the western World." In 1983, the Social Science Research Fund Committee (SSRFC) funded the New Zealand component of the international project; the 'Jobs and Attitudes' survey. The unique aspect of these projects is the way that they integrate contemporary neo-Marxist theory with a survey technique, through a theoretically-designed questionnaire. Drawing on this theory/data base, this thesis investigates the extent to which class consciousness has developed from the class structure in the specifically New Zealand context, 1984. The predominant finding is that there is a certain tendency for class consciousness to co-vary with class structure. This tendency is stronger for the owning classes - capitalists, small employers, petty capitalists - and weaker for the working class. This, it is argued, lends support to the conception that a class structure offers the potential for the development of consciousness, but does not fully determine class consciousness.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10179/5872
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMassey Universityen_US
dc.rightsThe Authoren_US
dc.subjectClass consciousnessen_US
dc.subjectNew Zealanden_US
dc.subjectSocial classesen_US
dc.titleClass of '84 : class structure and class awareness in New Zealand, 1984 : a thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the degree of Master of Arts in the Department of Sociology, Massey Universityen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
massey.contributor.authorChrisp, Peter M. Den_US
thesis.degree.disciplineSociologyen_US
thesis.degree.grantorMassey Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (M. A.)en_US
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