ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughs covered in the preceding chapters of this book. The book discusses the development of socialised unproductive labour is essential for an appreciation of the relationship of these two groups with each other, and with the working class. It argues that a separation of Marxist and Weberian theory is not now theoretically profitable and that an adequate theory may well seem eclectic, incorporating and rejecting elements of both approaches. It then considers the position of these groups, apparently situated between labour and capital, has to recognise the crucial difference between what people have called the service class and deskilled white-collar workers. The chapter presents that the theory of class must not rigidly separate class determination from class struggle, since the effects of the latter enter into the very structures that determine class places.
