Class and Status is a biannual (in print and electronically), peer-reviewed journal that promotes critical thinking in the social sciences and humanities. The journal focuses on the study of social divisions, their making, maintenance, and reproduction. These principal issues have been significantly overlooked; moreover, the framework and meanings attached to social divisions have been squeezed out through a series of methodological abstractions, functional or consensual accounts and mainstream public policies. The main scope of the journal is to revitalize scientific discourse along these lines. Class and Status aims to advance theoretical and empirical knowledge, to open new dialogues, and to broaden the horizons of social research on the above issues.

Class and Status is an interdisciplinary journal that encourages contributions from all disciplines comprising a broad range of social sciences and humanities. The journal seeks to attract papers that promote the neglected theoretical approaches of Marxist and Weberian thought, the Frankfurt and Chicago Schools of sociology, and the post-Keynesian and Institutional schools of political economy. Submitted papers should maintain a historical approach, or at least give special emphasis to the historical origins of the major theories and terms they adopt.

Class and Status welcomes papers focusing on a wide range of different topics. Though not exhaustive, the list below shows some key topics of interest:

• Historical origins of class and status theories
• Social classes from a theoretical or empirical perspective
• Social Structure of Accumulation Theory
• Critique of dominant economic thought through post-Keynesian and Kaleckian perspectives
• Class and status, ideological and methodological approaches
• Economic inequality and issues concerning the distribution of income and employment
• Social stratification and mobility
• Labour processes in different socio-historical contexts
• Occupations and work ethics
• Historical and comparative studies on work and occupations
• New work classifications and globalisation
• Gender, race/ethnicity, migration, and class
• Working class communities and culture
• Alienation

Submissions including applied analyses focusing on specific social contexts are also welcomed. The journal aims to motivate studies that concentrate on topics falling outside the focus of mainstream literature, such as labour reproductive mechanisms linking together diverse groups and societies. Particular interest will be shown in submissions concerning the Eastern Mediterranean, cross-labour divisions and class images.

Contributors are strongly encouraged to use a writing style that is accessible to a broad, interdisciplinary audience. An interdisciplinary approach is promoted through mutual respect, interaction, and communication among various and autonomous disciplines in the social sciences and humanities. Scholars using highly specialized terminology and techniques should make their arguments and results widely accessible and readable.

Editorial Policy

Class and Status is committed to advancing a wide range of theoretical and empirical approaches, initiating dialogue, promoting research and evaluation, and revisiting the centrality of social divisions in contemporary society. The journal reviews submissions fitting its aim and scope, based on high standards of scholarship, which include the originality and relevance of contributions, as well as clarity and rigour of arguments.

Authors are advised to have their papers professionally edited. The journal can recommend a number of language editing services that may be suited to individual needs. Language editing does not guarantee that your paper will be accepted for publication, and each recommended service provider will handle all aspects of this service, including payment.