Politics and the American Class Vernacular

The American working class has long been hidden within the concept of a sprawling “middle class” that claims to embrace almost everyone, but usually does not. Recent works of politically savvy social science have once again pointed to a “working-class majority” and its importance in twenty-first-cen...

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Published in:Working USA 2003-12, Vol.7 (1), p.49-80
Main Author: Metzgar, Jack
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activism
Activists
Colleges & universities
Comparable worth
Culture
Economic conditions
Employment
Finance
Labor force
Labor relations
Labor unions
Middle class
Political parties
Politics
Power
Science
Skills
Soccer
Social classes
Social conditions & trends
Social sciences
Standard of living
Taxation
Voter behavior
Voters
Wage differential
Wages & salaries
Workers
Working class
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Summary:The American working class has long been hidden within the concept of a sprawling “middle class” that claims to embrace almost everyone, but usually does not. Recent works of politically savvy social science have once again pointed to a “working-class majority” and its importance in twenty-first-century U.S. politics. But analytic rigor and factual accuracy by themselves are no match for the ridiculously false but culturally powerful American class vernacular.
ISSN:1089-7011
1743-4580
2471-4607
DOI:10.1163/17434580-00701004