Class and Social Honour: Lords, Knights, and Companions
About this ebook
The book explores the class basis of the rise and decay of royal honours and includes a review of contemporary attempts to reconstruct and renew a system of social honour that reflects contemporary relations of power and class in Britain.
It will be of interest to scholars and students of class, social inequality and British social structure.
About the author
John Scott is the author and editor of over 40 books, and has published widely on social stratification, social theory, and research methods. He has worked at the University of Strathclyde, Leicester University, Essex University, and Plymouth University, UK. He is a member of the Council of the British Academy, the Council of the Academy of Social Sciences, and a member of the Board of Governors of Plymouth Marjon University. He received the lifetime achievement award of the British Sociological Association in 2023 and was appointed as a Commander of the British Empire for services to social science in 2013.
