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The Skidder: Ideological Adjustments of Downward Mobile Workers

Variations in class ideology among 495 workers in a homogenous factory sample suggest that the experiences preceding and accompanying downward occupational mobility make the skidder more conservative than workers in his class of destination. Such conservatism is most widespread among older worklife...

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Published in:	American sociological review 1959-04, Vol.24 (2), p.215-231
Main Authors:	Wilensky, Harold L., Edwards, Hugh
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Subjects:	Class Identity Conservatism Fathers Ideological Struggle Industrial Workers Manual labor Middle class Occupational Mobility Occupational Status Radiocarbon Social mobility Socialization Sons Underemployment Work life Worker Attitudes Working class
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