Archive:Great Britain

• WCP: Will the British Working Class Stand Up and Fight Back?

  A tired and familiar pattern has emerged in several countries: working-class voters rally behind nationalist, often populist politicians who promise relief but deliver policies that bring more econo

  Categories: Labor Studies, Visiting Scholars Tags: Austerity, Electoral Politics, Great Britain, John Russo, Labour, Margaret Thatcher, Populism, Sarah Attfield, Sherry Linkon, Tories, WCP, Working-Class Perspectives, Working-Class Voters

• WCP: A Working-Class Appreciation for the National Health Service

  The National Health Service (NHS) in Great Britain provides universal access to all levels of health care with no payment required at point of service. As Sarah Attflied describes in this week's Wor

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Great Britain, Health Care, hospitals, John Russo, National Health System, NHS, nurses, Privatization, public services, Sarah Attfield, Sherry Linkon, WCP, Working-Class Perspectives

• WCP: I, Daniel Blake and The Power of Working-Class Story Telling

  Great films about the working class have the capacity to inspire political action as well as empathy. In this week's Working-Class Perspective, Sarah Attfield explains why I, Daniel Blake (2016) is

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Austerity, Films, Great Britain, I Daniel Blake, John Russo, Movies, Sarah Attfield, Sherry Linkon, United Kingdom, WCP, Welfare, Working-Class Perspectives

• WCP: The Extraordinary Ordinary Working Class

  What does the return of the phrase "working class" in public discourse, particularly from right-wing politicians, suggest about the state of the economy, politics, and class in Great Britain? Tim St

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Great Britain, John Russo, Politics, Sherry Linkon, Theresa May, Tim Strangleman, United Kingdom, WCP, Working Class, Working-Class Perspectives

• WCP: Solidarity, Not Division: Understanding London’s East End

  There is a troubling stereotype that has gained hold on either side of the Atlantic that portrays working-class people as racist and resentful. Many commentators have incorrectly attributed the woes

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: East End, Gentrification, Great Britain, Immigration, John Russo, London, Sarah Attfield, Sherry Linkon, WCP, White Working Class, Working-Class Perspectives

• WCP: Some Silver Linings for the Working Class in British Politics?

  At first glance, the outlook for British progressives is dim. Nevertheless, offering this week's Working-Class Perspective, Tim Strangleman sees some signs of hope for the future of working-class peo

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Great Britain, Jeremy Corbyn, John Russo, Labour Party, Sherry Linkon, Tim Strangleman, WCP, Working-Class Perspectives

• WCP: Greyhound Racing in Australia: The Demise of a Working-Class Pastime (and Why That’s a Good Thing)

  In Australia, dog racing provides both entertainment and jobs to working-class people, yet the practice is also rife with cruelty and abuse. In this week's Working-Class Perspective, Sarah Attfield

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Animal Cruelty, Australia, Dog Racing, Great Britain, John Russo, Sarah Attfield, Sherry Linkon, United Kingdom, WCP, Working-Class Culture, Working-Class Perspectives

• WCP: A Working-Class Brexit

  The world is still reverberating from last week's Brexit referendum. The leave campaign won largely because it appealed to the anxiety and frustration of British working-class voters. In this week's

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Brexit, European Union, Great Britain, John Russo, Precariat, Sherry Linkon, Tim Strangleman, United Kingdom, WCP, Working Class, Working-Class Perspectives

• WCP: Estate Life: Working-Class Communities and Social Housing

  In this week's Working-Class Perspective, Sarah Attfield writes that the public housing that many British citizens depend on faces the threat of demolition. Although some view these council estates

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Council Estates, Great Britain, John Russo, Public Housing, Sarah Attfield, Sherry Linkon, WCP, Working-Class Perspectives

• WCP: Russell Brand: The Usefulness (or Not) of a Working-Class Celebrity Activist

  Using his celebrity as a megaphone, Russell Brand has brought attention to a number of working-class causes. However, commentators have frequently dismissed his activism, unable to reconcile Brand's

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Celebrity, Great Britain, John Russo, London, Mainstream Media, Public Housing, Russell Brand, Sarah Attfield, Sherry Linkon, WCP, Working-Class Perspectives