Farewell to the Leftist Working Class

Informationen zum Autor Peter Achterberg Klappentext Social conflicts and voting patterns in Western nations indicate a gradual erosion of working-class support for the left, a process that class theory itself cannot adequately explain Zusammenfassung Social conflicts and voting patterns in Western nations indicate a gradual erosion of working-class support for the left, a process that class theory itself cannot adequately explain Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: The Specter of the Rightist Working Class; 2: What Drives “Unnatural” Voting? A Cultural Explanation for Voting Behavior; 3: A Cross-Pressured Working Class? Class Voting, Cultural Voting, and Issue Salience; 4: The End of Left and Right? The Transformation of Political Culture (1945-1998); 5: A Decline of Class Voting? Class Voting and Cultural Voting in the Postwar Era (1956-1990); 6: The Working Class and the Welfare State: Judgments on the Rights and Obligations of the Unemployed; 7: Is Working-Class Economic Egalitarianism Really that Politically Progressive? Economic Populism, Egalitarianism, and Political Progressiveness; 8: Conclusion Class Is Not Dead—It Has Been Buried Alive

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• Authors: Peter Achterberg, Peter H. J. Achterberg, Achterberg Peter, Anton Davis, Anton Derks, Dick Houtman, Dick Achterberg Houtman
• Publisher: Transaction Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.05.2008
• EAN: 9781412806930
• ISBN: 978-1-4128-0693-0
• No. of pages: 143
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Political Ideologies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Political science & theory, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Political science and theory, Political ideologies and movements