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In totalitarian regimes, a hierarchical structure is created through party allegiance, bureaucratic or military rank. In the US everyone is 'middel class' except of course those who don't work, are homeless and poor. They are the 'underclass', a fate almost worse than death. In this No-Nonsense Guide, Jeremy Seabrook asks who is to guarantee social justice.

Despite two centuries of industrialization, social relationships still tend to be defined by whether you are an owner, a manager or a shop-floor worker. In older but less industrialised societies, notably India, the caste system defines inherited positions in society. In totalitarian regimes, a hierarchical structure is created through party allegiance, bureaucratic or military rank. In the US everyone is 'middle class' - except of course those who don't work, are homeless and poor. They are the 'underclass', a fate almost worse than death. In this No-Nonsense Guide, Jeremy Seabrook asks who is to guarantee social justice.Diagrams, charts and graphs used throughout to illustrate key information.

180 mm x 110 mm, 144 pages, paperback.