Dimensions of class identification? On the roots and effects of class identity.

ABSTRACT: Throughout the 20th century, objective class position was a strong predictor of both class identity, political preferences and party choice, but since the 1980s, the relationship between objective and subjective dimensions of class has supposedly vanished-according to some as the result of a fundamental blurring of class relations. However, others suggest that this result may be partly due to the use of outdated class schemes. Although still basically focused on inequality of life chances, class relations today are complex and include more than labor market position, such as different forms of cultural resources (e.g., education). As a result, class identity may also have become more complex, and possibly dependent upon the salience of different resources and types of group relations-both

SUBMITTER: Stubager R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10087416 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature