Archive: WCP
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WCP: Memo to the Next President: Don’t Forget the Working Class
As our nation chooses its next president, we leave behind one of the most contentious, ugly elections in recent history. In this week's Working-Class Perspective, Sherry Linkon makes the case that o
Category: Visiting Scholars
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WCP: It Is Rigged … and We Must Revolt
One of the most frequently heard claims in this election cycle is that the political system in the United States — and more recently the Presidential election itself — is rigged against ordinary Ame
Category: Visiting Scholars
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WCP: A Future Nobel Literature Prize for a Working-Class Rapper?
Awarding the Nobel Prize for Literature to Bob Dylan opens up the possibility that other songwriters could receive the prize. In this week's Working-Class Perspective, Sarah Attfield sheds a spotlig
Category: Uncategorized
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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
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WCP: Shakespeare and Working-Class Students: The Value of Irrelevance
Many first-generation students attend college to get out of the "working class" both economically and culturally. In this week's Working-Class Perspective, Tim Francisco warns that prioritizing job
Category: Visiting Scholars
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WCP: Fighting the Money Mongers
As we learned from the Wells Fargo scandal, banks have the capacity to rob poor and working-class people. Consumers have little recourse when this occurs because they cannot afford the legal costs o
Categories: Bargaining for the Common Good, Visiting Scholars
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WCP: Who is Shameless This Election Season? One TV Show’s Challenging Depiction of the Working Poor
This election season has brought a renewed focus on the white working class that has manifested in books that engage this typically neglected demographic. This week, Georgetown professor Pamela Fox
Category: Visiting Scholars
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WCP: White Trash, Hillbillies, and Middle-Class Stereotypes
Why is it that every U.S. presidential election brings a renewed focus on the white working class? Two new books that shed light on this otherwise neglected demographic - White Trash: The 400-Year U
Category: Visiting Scholars
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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
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WCP: Poverty and Precarious Work
Over the Labor Day weekend we celebrated workers and unions, but work itself is becoming increasingly precarious. In this week's Working-Class Perspective, John Russo argues that we should examine t
Category: Visiting Scholars