Class Attitudes in America
Sympathy for the Poor, Resentment of the Rich, and Political Implications
Seiten
2018
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-42698-5 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-42698-5 (ISBN)
This book is for people who want to understand how Americans think about class groups and the implications of class attitudes for politics. Piston shows that sympathy for the poor and resentment of the rich are powerful forces shaping American public opinion about policies and candidates for political office.
This book explains a long-standing puzzle in American politics: why so many Americans support downwardly redistributive social welfare programs, when such support seems to fly in the face of standard conceptions of the American public as anti-government, individualistic, and racially prejudiced. Bringing class attitudes into the analysis, Spencer Piston demonstrates through rigorous empirical analysis that sympathy for the poor and resentment of the rich explain American support for downwardly redistributive programs - not only those that benefit the middle class, but also those that explicitly target the poor. The book captures an important and neglected component of citizen attitudes toward a host of major public policies and candidate evaluations. It also explains why government does so little to combat economic inequality; in key instances, political elites downplay class considerations, deactivating sympathy for the poor and resentment of the rich.
This book explains a long-standing puzzle in American politics: why so many Americans support downwardly redistributive social welfare programs, when such support seems to fly in the face of standard conceptions of the American public as anti-government, individualistic, and racially prejudiced. Bringing class attitudes into the analysis, Spencer Piston demonstrates through rigorous empirical analysis that sympathy for the poor and resentment of the rich explain American support for downwardly redistributive programs - not only those that benefit the middle class, but also those that explicitly target the poor. The book captures an important and neglected component of citizen attitudes toward a host of major public policies and candidate evaluations. It also explains why government does so little to combat economic inequality; in key instances, political elites downplay class considerations, deactivating sympathy for the poor and resentment of the rich.
Spencer Piston is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Boston University. He studies the influence of attitudes toward racial and class groups on public opinion and political behavior.
Introduction: reigning myths about class attitudes; 1. In their own words; 2. A theory of attitudes toward class groups and their political consequences; 3. Attitudes toward the poor and the rich in the United States; 4. Why so many Americans support downward redistribution; 5. The role of political knowledge; 6. Consequences for vote choice; 7. Why don't politicians listen?; Conclusion: the path behind and the path forward.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 11.07.2018 |
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| Zusatzinfo | Worked examples or Exercises; 43 Line drawings, black and white |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 157 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 470 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Makrosoziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-108-42698-0 / 1108426980 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-108-42698-5 / 9781108426985 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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