The New Class in Post-Industrial Society

The traditional class analysis of politics in industrial societies described a conflict that pitted the well-off business class against the working class in a "democratic class struggle." This book holds that economic development has produced a New Class which rivals the business class in the politics of post-industrial societies.

"John McAdams shows us how to look at privilege in a whole new way. He provides a wealth of data showing how professionals profess policies that serve their class interests. This book backs up the old saying that people who shout 'power to the people' mean power to the people who shout 'power to the people.'" - John J. Pitney, Jr., Roy P. Crocker Professor of American Politics, Claremont McKenna College, USA

Autorentext
John McAdams is Associate Professor of Political Science at Marquette University, USA. He obtained a PhD in Political Science from Harvard university and has published on voting behavior, public policy, and the death penalty in journals such as The American Journal of Political Science, The Journal of Politics, Sociological Quarterly and Law and Contemporary Problems.

Inhalt

1. The Theory of the New Class
   
   2. The Three Class Worldviews
   3. Class Voting in Presidential Elections
   4. Class and Politics: Referendum Data
   5. The Class Basis of Elite Partisanship: Convention Delegates
   6. The Class Basis of Political Radicalism
   7. The Class Basis of Congressional Liberalism
   8. The Case of Government Workers
   9. Lifestyle: An Expression of Class Identification
   10. Conclusion: The Future and Class and Politics