Politics and Privilege - How the Status Wars Sustain Inequality

Based on data from an innovative experiment, this book presents a bold new theory that shows why American politics revolves around status differences, not class conflict.

About the author

Rory McVeigh is the Nancy Reeves Dreux Professor of Sociology and director of the Center for the Study of Social Movements at the University of Notre Dame. His books include The Politics of Losing: Trump, the Klan and the Mainstreaming of Resentment (Columbia, 2019).

William Carbonaro is a professor of sociology at the University of Notre Dame.

Chang Liu is a graduate student in sociology at the University of Notre Dame.

Kenadi Silcox is a graduate student in sociology at the University of Notre Dame.

Product details

• Authors: Carbonaro William, Liu Chang, McVeigh Rory, Kenadi Silcox
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 31.10.2025
• EAN: 9780231217217
• ISBN: 978-0-231-21721-7
• Illustrations: 32 b&w Illustrations, 6 tables
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Conservatism & right-of-centre democratic ideologies, Liberalism & centre democratic ideologies, Centrist democratic ideologies, Right-of-centre democratic ideologies