The paper identifies a gap in the understanding

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Sourced from the stated research gap and limitations section of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 1977 and 1985, spanning 4 journals. Those papers have been cited 4 times in total.

Supporting evidence — 5 representative gaps

• ‘The labour aristocracy’ and ‘incorporation’: Notes on some terms in the social history of the working class (1981) · Social History · cited 4× · doi

  The author identifies a need for more sharp clarification and assessment of the concepts used in the literature. The paper argues that the marxist theory of the labour aristocracy is a strong candidate for explaining working-class incorporation, but that it needs to be more clearly understood in relation to other concepts.

  generalstated research gap
  Keywords: author identifies need sharp clarification assessment concepts used
• The Working Class Family, Women's Liberation, and Class Struggle: The Case of Nineteenth Century British History (1977) · Review of Radical Political Economics · doi

  The meaning of the working class family as an element in a social formation dominated by the capitalist mode of production has been inadequately theorized in Marxist analyses. The paper identifies a gap in the literature regarding the role of labor's defense of the family in the determination of the standard of living, the development of class cohesion, and the waging of class struggle.

  generalstated research gap
  Keywords: meaning working class family element social formation dominated
• The problem of social class under socialism (1978) · Theory and Society · doi

  The paper identifies a gap in the understanding of social class in socialist societies. The analysis highlights the need for a nuanced understanding of the complexities of social class in socialist contexts. The paper suggests that prior work has failed to adequately address the challenges of applying the concept of class to socialist societies.

  generalstated research gap
  Keywords: paper identifies gap understanding social class socialist societies
• The problem of social class under socialism (1978) · Theory and Society · doi

  The paper acknowledges the challenges of applying the concept of class to socialist societies. The analysis is limited to a theoretical examination of the concept of social class and its application to socialist societies. The paper does not provide a comprehensive empirical analysis of social class in socialist societies.

  generallimitations section
  Keywords: paper acknowledges challenges applying concept class socialist societies
• Have women become more proletarianized than men? (1985) · Canadian Review of Sociology/Revue canadienne de sociologie · doi

  The paper identifies a gap in the understanding of the relationship between gender and Marxist classes. It highlights the need to analyze the distribution of men and women in different classes. The paper argues that prior work has ignored the theoretical possibility of unpaid family workers as a separate class.

  generalstated research gap
  Keywords: paper identifies gap understanding relationship between gender marxist

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