Class Counts
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Class Counts is a major sociological work by Erik Olin Wright that systematically analyzes social class structures and class inequality using a neo-Marxist framework.
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| Class Counts canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Class Counts Context triple: [Erik Olin Wright, notableWork, Class Counts]
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Count
Count was the stage name of William "Count" Basie, the influential American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer who helped define the swing era.
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Count
Count is a European noble title historically ranking below a marquis and above a viscount, often associated with governance of a county.
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Class Rank
Class Rank is a 2017 American teen romantic comedy film about two high school outsiders who team up to change their school’s ranking system, starring Skyler Gisondo and Olivia Holt.
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Class
Class is a British science fiction television series set in the Doctor Who universe, focusing on a group of students at Coal Hill Academy who face alien threats and personal challenges.
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Klassen
Klassen is a surname most notably associated with Canadian speed skater and Olympic medalist Cindy Klassen.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Class Counts Target entity description: Class Counts is a major sociological work by Erik Olin Wright that systematically analyzes social class structures and class inequality using a neo-Marxist framework.
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A.
Count
Count was the stage name of William "Count" Basie, the influential American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer who helped define the swing era.
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B.
Count
Count is a European noble title historically ranking below a marquis and above a viscount, often associated with governance of a county.
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C.
Class Rank
Class Rank is a 2017 American teen romantic comedy film about two high school outsiders who team up to change their school’s ranking system, starring Skyler Gisondo and Olivia Holt.
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D.
Class
Class is a British science fiction television series set in the Doctor Who universe, focusing on a group of students at Coal Hill Academy who face alien threats and personal challenges.
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E.
Klassen
Klassen is a surname most notably associated with Canadian speed skater and Olympic medalist Cindy Klassen.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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sociological work ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
economic sociology
NERFINISHED
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political sociology ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
link class theory with statistical research
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reconstruct Marxist class theory empirically ⓘ |
| analyzes |
authority relations
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class and income inequality ⓘ class and life chances ⓘ class and political attitudes ⓘ employment relations ⓘ ownership relations ⓘ |
| author | Erik Olin Wright NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contributedTo | debates on class in late 20th century sociology ⓘ |
| critiques |
Weberian stratification approaches
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purely gradational models of inequality ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
class analysis
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social stratification ⓘ sociology ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
capitalist societies
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class structure in advanced capitalism ⓘ contradictory class locations ⓘ exploitation ⓘ relations of production ⓘ |
| genre | academic monograph ⓘ |
| hasImpactOn |
class analysis in sociology
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comparative class structure studies ⓘ empirical research on social inequality ⓘ |
| hasNotableConcept |
class maps
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contradictory class locations ⓘ exploitation-centered class definition ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Karl Marx
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neo-Marxist sociology ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
class inequality
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class structure ⓘ social class ⓘ |
| partOf | Erik Olin Wright's class analysis project NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| proposes |
empirical measures of class positions
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operationalization of class categories ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Class, Crisis and the State
NERFINISHED
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Classes (Erik Olin Wright) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theoreticalFramework |
Marxist class analysis
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neo-Marxist theory ⓘ |
| usesMethod |
comparative analysis
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quantitative analysis ⓘ survey data ⓘ |
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Subject: Class Counts Description of subject: Class Counts is a major sociological work by Erik Olin Wright that systematically analyzes social class structures and class inequality using a neo-Marxist framework.
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