Archive: Welfare

• WCP: Getting Over in the Heart of Dixie

  Alabama may be known for its conservative politics, but the state has a wealth of working-class and progressive organizing taking place. In this week’s Working-Class Perspective, Helen Diana Eidson describes the growth and achievements of Alabama Arise, a coalition of congregations and community groups fighting for public services, fairer taxation, tenant rights, and criminal justice reform.

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Alabama, Alabama Arise, Criminal Justice Reform, Helen Diana Eidson, John Russo, Organize the South, Sherry Linkon, Southern poverty, Tax Justice, WCP, Welfare, Working-Class Perspectives

• WCP: Fear of Hygge and Working-Class Social Capital

  The Danish concept of hygge associated with coziness, peace of mind, and communality has received much attention and scrutiny from commentators in the United States. In this week’s Working-Class Perspective, Jack Metzgar argues that hygge is quintessentially a working-class ethic that eludes Americans due to an increasingly rigid professional culture and the absence of robust social welfare.

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Denmark, Hygge, Jack Metzgar, John Russo, Sherry Linkon, United States, WCP, Welfare, Working-Class Culture, 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