Class formation and democracy

The debate about the future of working‐class power in Britain raises for class theory an important, if neglected, question about how internal politics affects class formation and power. To provide an answer, this article develops an analysis that conceptualises class representation as a particular power relation in a pluralist system, and assesses recent changes in the internal power relations in the labour movement. The conclusion that the fragmentation and disorientation of traditional practices of internal democracy has weakened the movement's collective strength demonstrates that internal politics does matter to class formation

Class (philosophy · Class formation · Democracy · Economic system · Economics · Epistemology · Fragmentation (computing · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Representation (politics · Social class · Sociology · Working class · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Philosophy

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