Drawing inspiration from Pierre Bourdieu’s social space theory, the book provides an unprecedent overview of class relations, covering topics such as class polarisation, cultural reproduction, political orientations and globalisation.

Introduction: Thinking about class boundaries in Europe PART I: Social space and class polarisation 1 Stability, transformation, and escalation: Norwegian classes and class boundaries 2008–20202 Polarisation: Trends in class boundaries in Hungary 3 Social classes and their boundaries during Poland’s "Golden Age" PART II: Questioning the cultural reproduction of class boundaries 4 The cultivation of the synthetic gentleman: Exploring horizontal boundaries within the British elite 5 Exploring class differences within occupational categories: The case of professionals in Athens, 1991–2011 6 Class formation and social reproduction strategies in the Portuguese construction industry: Elements for a relational sociological analysis PART III: Homology between class boundaries and political orientations 7 Class, confidence, and political conflicts in Denmark: Exploring social cleavages and political boundaries in a Nordic welfare society 8 The politicised class structure of German society (2009–2017) PART IV: Blind spots in the Bourdieusian approach 9 France: The dynamics of internal changes within a persistent class structure 10 Class boundaries in Spain: Intergenerational and regional changes in the wake of the 2008 economic crisis 11 Inequality in the hidden abode of production: Class and working conditions in Sweden, 1995–2015 12 On the borders of class analysis: Questioning the demarcation of economic activity PART V: Beyond nations? Social class and globalisation 13 Is happiness at work a class privilege? Subjective relationships to work and class boundaries in Europe 14 Elaborating class analysis on the European scale: The importance of British "non-domiciled" individuals