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Author Houtman, Dick

Title Class and Politics in Contemporary Social Science : Marxism Lite and Its Blind Spot for Culture
Published Somerset : Taylor and Francis, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (208 pages)
Series Sociological Imagination and Structural Change
Sociological imagination and structural change.
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; 1. ""Marxism Lite"": Modernity, Industrialism, and Culture; Introduction; Modernity as Industrialism; Research Problem; Approach; Data; Design of the Book; Notes; 2. What Is Actually a ""Class""? Martin Lipset and ""Working-Class"" Authoritarianism; Introduction; What Is Actually a ""Class""?; Hypotheses; Operationalization; Results; Conclusion; Notes; 3. What About Occupational Self-Direction? Melvin Kohn and ""Working-Class"" Authoritarianism; Introduction; Melvin Kohn: Theory and Research Findings; Hypotheses
OperationalizationResults; Conclusion; Notes; 4. Is Postmaterialism Really Different from Libertarianism? And Can It Be Explained Materialistically?; Introduction; What Does Inglehart's Postmaterialism Index Measure?; Parental Affluence and Postmaterialism; Measurement; Results; Conclusion; Notes; 5. Why Are There So Many Postmaterialists in Affluent Countries? An International Comparison; Introduction; Hypotheses; Data and Measurement; Results; Conclusion; Notes; 6. Who Votes for Whom? And Why Exactly? Class, Cultural Capital, and Voting Behavior; Introduction
Methodological Progress and Theoretical StagnationClass Voting and Cultural Voting in the Netherlands; How Theoretical Complacency Can Produce Wrong Findings; So, Once Again: Has There Been a Decline in Class Voting?; Notes; 7. Has There Really Been a Decline in Class Voting? Class Voting and Cultural Voting in Britain, 1974-1997; Introduction; Operationalization; Has the Relation between Class and Voting Decreased?; But Has Class Voting Declined Too?; The Decline in Class Voting and the Silent Revolution; The Ironies of Marxism Lite -- Notes
8. Conclusion: ""Marxism Lite"" and Its Blind Spot for CultureIntroduction; Research Findings; Education, Social Inequality, and Cultural Capital; Severing the Link wit hClass and Social Stratification; Culture, Industrialism, and Modernity; New Answers to Old Questions; Notes; Appendix: Secondary Data Sources; References; Index
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Subject Social classes -- Netherlands
Class consciousness -- Netherlands
Conservatism -- Netherlands
Liberalism -- Netherlands
Class consciousness
Conservatism
Economic history
Liberalism
Social classes
SUBJECT Netherlands -- Economic conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85090982
Subject Netherlands
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781351528221
135152822X