Abstract
Debate sparked by the author's (with Seymour Martin Lipset) 1991 article, "Are Social Classes Dying?," concerning the importance of class in the politics of postindustrial societies is summarized, noting particularly the arguments by scholars from the U of California, Berkeley, & Oxford U, England. Conceptual & methodological issues are reviewed, & changes in six key areas over the decade of the 1990s that may shape current analyses of the class-politics relationship are delineated: (1) societies & their composition, (2) values & attitudes of the general public, (3) ideologies & programs of political leaders, (4) social scientific conceptualizations of these changes, (5) the methods & data sources used by social scientists to test hypotheses regarding these changes, & (6) interpretations by social scientists of these historical events. Newly emerging issues & their ramifications for future analyses of class politics are also identified. 71 References. K. Hyatt Stewart