The White Working Class, Union Households, and Trade: Did the Trump Coalition Endure?
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DOI: 10.1007/s12115-020-00553-9
Abstract: Donald Trump’s victory in the 2016 presidential election caught many political experts by surprise. Looking to uncover the reasons for this unexpected outcome, social scientists presented several explanations in the election’s aftermath. In this article,… read more here.
Keywords: white working; working class; union households; election ... See more keywords
Workers and the Right Wing: the Situation in India
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DOI: 10.1017/s0147547917000333
Abstract: Abstract Why and how does a right-wing social movement mobilize workers along class lines? The Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS), the labor wing of the Hindu nationalist movement in India, marshals working-class support by emphasizing workers’… read more here.
Keywords: working class; class; workers right; wing situation ... See more keywords
Embodying Unemployment: Ableism, Fitness, and Unemployed Men’s Bodies in 1930s Britain
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DOI: 10.1017/s0147547925100033
Abstract: In their 2007 essay “‘The Body’ as a Useful Category for Working-Class History,” feminist scholars Ava Baron and Eileen Boris urged labor historians to consider “Why and in what ways … bodies matter for studies… read more here.
Keywords: history; unemployment; unemployed men; class ... See more keywords
Response to Christopher Ellis’ review of The New Minority: White Working Class Politics in an Age of Immigration and Inequality
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DOI: 10.1017/s1537592718003341
Abstract: The reasons for that apparent shift are not difficult to discern. From the 1960s onwards, and especially after Thatcherism came to power, the working class on which the Labour party had depended for most of… read more here.
Keywords: review new; working class; class; response christopher ... See more keywords
Achievement is not class-neutral: Working together benefits people from working-class contexts.
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DOI: 10.1037/pspa0000194
Abstract: Previous research has documented that people from working-class contexts have fewer skills linked to academic success than their middle-class counterparts (e.g., worse problem-solving skills). Challenging this idea, we propose that one reason why people from… read more here.
Keywords: working class; class; working together; class contexts ... See more keywords
Preschool teachers provide fewer participation opportunities to working-class students than those from more privileged backgrounds
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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2515833122
Abstract: Social class disparities exist from the earliest stages of education. Research has suggested that class-based differences in factors such as socialization practices and access to resources partly explain this phenomenon, but less work has explored… read more here.
Keywords: provide fewer; class; teachers provide; preschool teachers ... See more keywords
Education and working-class youth: reshaping the politics of inclusion
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DOI: 10.1080/00071005.2019.1682275
Abstract: This book critically considers the dominant influence of social class on the educational experiences of working-class youth in the UK and elsewhere. As captured in the cover image, the text represents education as a cauldron… read more here.
Keywords: class; class youth; working class; education working ... See more keywords
The Honourable Pursuit of Knowledge? Mapping Morality in the Education of Working-Class Men and Revisiting The Working Men’s College in the 19 th Century
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DOI: 10.1080/00071005.2025.2547703
Abstract: : Education – and the promise that it holds – has always been a source of tension for working-class populations, given its acquisition often involves changing the self. In surveying contemporary and historic scholar-ships, this… read more here.
Keywords: education; working men; class men; working class ... See more keywords
Class acts? Working class student officers in students’ unions
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DOI: 10.1080/01425692.2019.1707066
Abstract: Abstract This article explores the recent emergence of ‘working-class student officer’ roles in students’ unions associated with elite UK universities. These student representative roles are designed to represent the interests of working-class students within their… read more here.
Keywords: working class; class; students unions; class student ... See more keywords
Bucking the trend: high-achieving, working-class girls and their strategic university decision making
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DOI: 10.1080/01425692.2024.2322711
Abstract: Abstract Based on the life and educational histories of sixteen high-achieving, working-class girls applying to high-tariff universities, this paper rekindles debates about the role of agency within the decision-making process of young people who might… read more here.
Keywords: class girls; decision making; class; high achieving ... See more keywords
From optimism to disillusionment: meritocratic beliefs of working-class and lower-middle-class students in elite universities
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DOI: 10.1080/01425692.2025.2521394
Abstract: Abstract This qualitative study examines meritocratic beliefs among disadvantaged students in elite universities in China. Through interviews with twenty-six working-class and lower-middle-class students, the research documents a temporal shift from initial optimism to disillusionment. The… read more here.
Keywords: elite universities; disadvantaged students; class; meritocratic beliefs ... See more keywords