The white working class : what everyone needs to know / Justin Gest.
Who are white working class people? What do they believe? What has driven them to break so sharply with the world's trajectory toward a more borderless, interconnected meritocracy? The White Working Class: What Everyone Needs to Know® presents the context for understanding the political ideolog...
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Oxford University Press,
[2018]
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; The White Working Class; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction and Definitions. What does it mean to be "white"?; What does it mean to be "working class"?; How do these understandings change across countries?; What are the narratives of the white working class across time?; What are the demographics of white working-class people?; Where do white working-class people live?; 2. White Working-Class People and Identity. Is white identity on the rise?; Why do white working-class people feel marginalized?
- Is it reasonable to think of white working-class people as a "minority"?; Why is immigration so pivotal to white working-class politics?; Is white working-class angst merely racism?; 3. White Working-Class Attitudes and Beliefs. What are white working-class partisan trends?; What are white working-class policy ideologies and attitudes?; Do white working-class people consume fewer government resources than others?; Are white working-class people losing jobs to immigrants and minority groups?; What drives white working-class tolerance and intolerance of ethnic minorities?
- 4. White Working-Class People and Voting. What are white working-class voting trends over time?; Why do white working-class people support Donald Trump and Radical Right parties?; Will Trumpism outlast Donald Trump?; How will white working-class people change the Republican Party?; Do white working-class people vote against their own interests?; 5. Public Debates about White Working-class People. Was the white working class ever "on top"?; Are white working-class people "trapped" in poverty?; How has the decline in unions affected white working-class politics?; What does the left have to do to win working-class white votes?; Can white working-class problems be solved?; Notes; Index