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Erik Olin Wright

American analytical Marxist sociologist of class, author of Classes (1985) and Envisioning Real Utopias (2010).

Lived: 1947–2019
Also known as: Erik Wright
Authority records: Wikidata · VIAF · Library of Congress · GND · ISNI · BnF
Sources: Wikipedia — Erik Olin Wright

Bibliography

First editions. A tick marks a work matched to a library catalogue record.

Year	Title	First published by	Records
1968	A Psycho-Social Study of Student Leaves of Absence from Harvard	[no publisher recorded]	Open Library
1973	The Politics of Punishment✓ — A Critical Analysis of Prisons in America	Harper & Row, New York	Open Library · WorldCat record
1976	Race, Class and Income Inequality✓	Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin, Madison	Open Library
1978	Class, Crisis and the State✓	NLB, London	Open Library · WorldCat record
1979	Class Structure and Income Determination✓	Academic Press, New York	Open Library · WorldCat record
1985	Classes✓	Verso, London	Open Library · WorldCat record
1989	The Debate on Classes✓	Verso, London	Open Library · Library of Congress record
1992	Reconstructing Marxism✓	Verso, London	Open Library · WorldCat record
1994	Interrogating Inequality✓	Verso, London	Open Library · WorldCat record
2000	Class Counts✓ — Comparative Studies in Class Analysis	Cambridge University Press	Open Library · WorldCat record
2000	Class Counts Student Edition (Studies in Marxism and Social Theory)	Cambridge University Press	Open Library
2005	Approaches to Class Analysis✓	Cambridge University Press	Open Library · Open Library
2009	Gender Equality Transforming Family Divisions of Labor✓	Verso	Open Library · WorldCat record
2010	American Society✓	Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.	Open Library · Library of Congress record
2010	Envisioning Real Utopias✓	Verso, London	Open Library · WorldCat record
2015	Understanding Class✓	Verso Books	Open Library · WorldCat record
2019	How to Be an Anticapitalist in the Twenty-First Century✓	Verso	Open Library · WorldCat record
2019	Legislature by Lot✓	Verso Books	Open Library · WorldCat record
2020	Erik Olin Wright	Haymarket Books	Open Library
2020	Stardust to Stardust	Haymarket Books	Open Library

Editions in the catalogue

Editions of Erik Olin Wright by year: 39 dated titles, 1978–2025, most in 1998 (3). Lines mark died 2019.

The figures by decade

Decade	Titles
1970s	2
1980s	7
1990s	12
2000s	3
2010s	6
2020s	9

Year	Title	Author(s)	Publisher	Language
1978	Class, Crisis, and the State✓Free	Erik Olin Wright	Verso Books	English
1979	Class, Crisis and the State✓Free	Erik Olin Wright	Verso Books	English
1983	Clase, Crisis y Estado	Erik Olin Wright	Siglo XXI Editores	Spanish
1983	Class, Crisis and the State✓Free	Erik Olin Wright	Verso Books	English
1985	Class, Crisis and the State✓Free	Erik Olin Wright	Verso Books	English
1985-01-01	Classes✓	Erik Olin Wright	Verso Books	English
1987	Classes✓	Erik Olin Wright	Verso Books	English
1989	Classes✓	Erik Olin Wright	Verso Books	English
1989	The Debate on Classes✓	Erik Olin Wright	Verso Books	English
1992	Reconstructing Marxism✓ — Essays on Explanation and the Theory of History	Erik Olin Wright	Verso Books	English
1993	Class, Crisis and the State✓Free	Erik Olin Wright	Verso Books	English
1994	Clases✓	Erik Olin Wright	Siglo XXI Editores	Spanish
1994	Interrogating Inequality✓ — Essays on Class Analysis, Socialism, and Marxism	Erik Olin Wright	Verso Books	English
1995	Associations and Democracy✓ — Papers from a Conference Held at the Havens Center for the Study of Social Structure and Social Change, Univ. Of Wisconsin, in January 1992, as Part of the Real Utopias Project The Real Utopias Project	Joshua Cohen	Verso Books	English
December 1, 1996	Class Crisis & the State	Erik Olin Wright	Verso Books	English
1996	Equal Shares✓ — Making Market Socialism Work The Real Utopias Project; 2	John E. Roemer & Erik Olin Wright	Verso Books	English
1997	Classes✓ Verso Classics	Erik Olin Wright	Verso Books	English
October 1, 1998	Debate on Classes (Verso Classic)	Erik Olin Wright	Verso Books	English
1998	Recasting Egalitarianism✓ — New Rules for Communities, States and Markets The Real Utopias Project; 3	Samuel Bowles, Erik Olin Wright & Herbert Gintis	Verso Books	English
1998	The Debate on Classes✓ Verso Classics -- 20	Erik Olin Wright	Verso Books	English
1999	Recasting Egalitarianism — New Rules for Communities, States and Markets (Real Utopias Project (Series), v. 3.)	Samuel Bowles, Herbert M. Gintis, Harry Brighouse & Erik Olin Wright	Verso Books	English
March 2003	Deepening Democracy✓ — Institutional Innovations in Empowered Participatory Governance The Real Utopias Project; Volume 4	Archon Fung & Erik Olin Wright	Verso Books	English
2006	Redesigning Distribution✓ — Basic Income and Stakeholder Grants as Alternative Cornerstones for a More Egalitarian Capitalism The Real Utopias Project	Philippe van Parijs	Verso Books	English
2009	Gender Equality✓ — Transforming Family Divisions of Labor The Real Utopias Project; 6	Janet C. Gornick, Marcia K. Meyers & Erik Olin Wright	Verso Books	English
2010	Envisioning Real Utopias✓	Erik Olin Wright	Verso Books	English
2011	Deepening Democracy✓ — Institutional Innovations in Empowered Participatory Governance The Real Utopias Project; 4	Archon Fung & Erik Olin Wright	Verso Books	English
2015	Understanding Class✓	Erik Olin Wright	Verso Books	English
2016	Alternatives to Capitalism✓ — Proposals for a Democratic Economy	Robin Hahnel & Erik Olin Wright	Verso Books	English
2019	How to Be an Anticapitalist in the Twenty-First Century✓	Erik Olin Wright	Verso Books	English
2019	Legislature by Lot✓ — Transformative Designs for Deliberative Governance The Real Utopias Project	John Gastil, Erik Olin Wright, Arash Abizadeh & University of Wisconsin-Madison	Verso Books	English
2020	Erik Olin Wright	Erik Olin Wright	Haymarket Books	English
2020	Stardust to Stardust✓ — Reflections on Living and Dying	Erik Olin Wright & Michael Burawoy	Haymarket Books	English
2021	How to Be an Anticapitalist in the Twenty-First Century	Erik Olin Wright	Verso Books	Not recorded
2021	Pour un marxisme sociologique✓ Les irrégulières	Michael Burawoy & Erik Olin Wright	Éditions Sociales	French
2022	Democratizing Finance✓ — Restructuring Credit to Transform Society The Real Utopias Project	Fred L. Block, Robert C. Hockett & Erik Olin Wright	Verso Books	English
2023	Class, Crisis and the StateFree	Erik Olin Wright	Verso Books	English
2023	Classes✓	Erik Olin Wright	Verso Books	English
2023	Stardust to Stardust — Reflections on Living and Dying	Erik Olin Wright	Haymarket Books	English
2025	Class, Crisis and the State✓Free Economies / Politics	Erik Olin Wright	Verso Books	English