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- Title
Upper Class Bias and Class Conflict in America.
- Authors
Witko, Christopher
- Abstract
Compared to other affluent democracies, class conflict has not been very intense nor as much of an organizing principle in American politics. However, as wages stagnate for the working class and economic inequality grows, class conflict is becoming increasingly salient. Yet, reviewing recent political science studies, I argue that rather than politics becoming a clearer class "war" between the upper and lower classes, the growing class bias in political mobilization and participation, and the resulting overrepresentation of upper class actors, has prevented a clear articulation of lower class interests or the development of broad policies that benefit virtually all Americans, leading to policies that increasingly benefit upper class individuals and organizations.
- Subjects
HISTORY of democracy; ECONOMICS &; politics; WORKING class; UNDERCLASS; SOCIAL influence; UNITED States politics &; government; HISTORY
- Publication
Forum (2194-6183), 2017, Vol 15, Issue 1, p127
- ISSN
2194-6183
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/for-2017-0008