This book presents a complete reformulation of the Marxist concept of social class. Preface, Posing the Problem: The Agenda of Class Analysis, Conceptual Issues, The Biography of a Concept: Contradictory, A General Framework for the Analysis of Class, Implications and Elaboration of the General, Empirical Investigations, Empirical Adjusting Contending Class Definitions, Class Structure in Contemporary Capitalism: A, Class Structure and Class Consciousness in Contemporary Capitalism Society, Conclusion, Appendices, Practical Strategies for Transforming Concepts, Variable Constructions, Full Data for Selected Tables, Bibliography, Index.