Review: Cédric Hugrée, Etienne Pénissat and Alexis Spire (2020) Social Class in Europe: New Inequalities in the Old World

In Social Class in Europe three sociologists bring a refreshing perspective to the debate. The authors start from the view that “in the context of financialisation of the economy and the triumph of free trade, relations between social classes are largely determined at the European level and no longer simply within a national framework” (p. 181). Therefore, they propose an analysis of class relations from a European perspective, using various EU statistical surveys.