The last few decades has seen a prolonged debate over the nature and importance of social class as a basis for ideology, class voting and class politics. The prevailing assumption is that, in western societies, class inequalities are no longer important in determining political behaviour. In The End of Class Politics? leading scholars from the US, UK and Europe argue that the evidence on which the assumptions about the decline importance of class is based is unfounded. Instead, the book argues that the class basis of political competition has to some degree evolved, but not declined. Furthermore, the social basis of political competition and sweeping claims about the new politics of postindustrial society need to be re-examined.
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The End of Class Politics? challenges the prevailing view that class is no longer important in politics. Drawing upon evidence from around the world, the book argues that we need to radically reconsider the political role of class in the postindustrial world.
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1. Class Voting: From Premature Obituary to Reasoned Appraisal ; PART 1: THE BROAD COMPARATIVE PICTURE ; 2. Traditional Class Voting in 20 Postwar Societies ; PART II: CASE STUDY OF WESTERN DEMOCRACIES ; 3. Modelling the Pattern of Class Voting in British Elections ; 4. Classes, Unions, and the Realignment of U.S. Presidential Voting: 1952-1992 ; 5. The Secret Life of Class Voting: Britain, France, and the United States Since the 1930s ; 6. Class Cleavages and Party Preferences in Germany Old and New ; 7. Changes in Class Voting in Norway ; 8. The Class Politics of Swedish Welfare Policies ; PART III: THE NEW CLASS POLITICS OF POST-COMMUNISM ; 9. The Politics of Interests and Class Realignment in the Czech Republic ; 10. The Emergence of Class Politics and Class Voting in Post-Communist Russia ; PART IV: RE-APPRAISAL, COMMENTARY AND CONCLUSIONS ; 11. Resolving Disputes about Class Voting in Britain and the United States: Definitions, Models and Data ; 12. Commentary: Four Perspectives on 'The End of Class Politics?' ; 13. Class and Vote: Disrupting the Orthodoxy
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This book repays close reading ... It is a pleasure to see this book and its ongoing contribution to a debate that increasingly reflects the subtleties of our rapidly shifting societies.
`Evan's collection of essays is an adroit mixture of sophisticated statistics with empirical description of the relation between class and party in the advanced industrial countries of Europe and North America.'
A H Halsey, TLS
`a book for the specialist ... it will have a substantial impact.'
Ron Johnston, Government and Opposition.
`the analyses are set within interesting general discussions of how class interests evolve in such new capitalist situations.'
Ron Johnston, Government and Opposition.
`an excellent, rounded introduction from Evans, who argues that much of the debate over class voting is confused by problems of measurement and analysis.'
Ron Johnston, Government and Opposition.
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Key contribution to a hotly debated topic.
Contributions from leading authors in the field
Broad ranging comparative chapters with detailed country specific studies
Controversial conslusions
Dr Geoffrey Evans is Faculty Fellow, Nuffield College, Oxford
Key contribution to a hotly debated topic.
Contributions from leading authors in the field
Broad ranging comparative chapters with detailed country specific studies
Controversial conslusions
