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- Title
The Strange Career of "the Working Class" in US Political Culture Since the 1950s.
- Authors
Muncy, Robyn
- Abstract
The article focuses on use of term working class in journalism of the U.S. and misery of the group or the racism of its white members have explained Donald Trump's election to the presidency. It mentions working-class fears of immigration and reporters have exposed the increasingly prevalent working-class experience of precarious employment. It also mentions devastating effects of deindustrialization and deunionization which is threat to the existing social order.
- Subjects
WORKING class; RACISM; TRUMP, Donald, 1946-; EMIGRATION &; immigration; PRECARIOUS employment; DEINDUSTRIALIZATION; SOCIAL order
- Publication
Labor: Studies in Working Class History of the Americas, 2018, Vol 15, Issue 4, p37
- ISSN
1547-6715
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1215/15476715-7127250