Archive:White Working Class
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WCP: The Oppositional Politics of Race and Class in the Brexit Debate
As debates over when and how Britain will actually leave the European Union go on, echoes of the 2016 campaign continue to ripple through British culture.
Category: Visiting Scholars
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WCP: Working-Class Politics and The Foremen Problem
“White working-class voters” are usually treated as a single, monolithic group, but that ignores some important differences in this category. In this week’s Working-Class Perspective, Allison L. Hurst analyzes how foremen, who consider themselves as middle-class, are more likely to vote Republican than other workers.
Category: Visiting Scholars
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WCP: Have Ohio Democrats Learned Anything About the Working Class?
Although some white working-class voters in swing states like Ohio are growing disillusioned with President Trump, that in itself will not be enough to win their votes come November. In this week’s Working-Class Perspective, John Russo writes that Democrats must offer a strong vision of economic justice to hope for a different outcome this election cycle.
Category: Visiting Scholars
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WCP: Social Class and Trump Voters
More than a year after the 2016 U.S. Presidential election, journalists are still making sense of the role of social class in the outcome. In this week’s Working-Class Perspective, Jack Metzgar focuses on a recent Politico article that made waves to show how reporters often misdefine “the white working class,” leading many progressives to learn the wrong lessons from Trump’s election.
Category: Visiting Scholars
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WCP: Economic Nationalism and the Half-Life of Deindustrialization
Four decades ago a major mill in Youngstown shut its doors, setting of a massive process of deindustrialization in the Rust Belt that still stings working people. In this week’s Working-Class Perspective, Sherry Linkon and John Russo trace today’s politics of resentment to the economic changes that disrupted places like Youngstown 40 years ago.
Category: Visiting Scholars
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WCP: Have We Been Had? Why Talking About the Working-Class Vote for Trump Hurts Us
Much of what has been said about Trump’s support from working-class voters is either false or unproven. Even worse, flawed analyses reinforce damaging conservative narratives and undermine worker solidarity. In this week’s Working-Class Perspectives post, Allison L. Hurst calls for a more inclusive understanding of the working class in America.
Category: Visiting Scholars
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KI Fellow Amy Goldstein Discusses “Janesville: an American Story”
One day after the release of her new book, Janesville: an American Story, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and KI Practitioner Fellow Amy Goldstein returned to campus for an intimate discussion with Dr. Sherry Linkon and members of the Georgetown community.
Categories: Events, Practitioner Fellows
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WCP: Now Is the Time: Working-Class Studies in the Trump Era
After endless analyses and commentaries on the factors that propelled Donald Trump to the Presidency, it is time to prepare for the road ahead. In this week's post, Sherry Linkon provides a blueprin
Category: Visiting Scholars
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WCP: Hidden Anxieties of the White Working Class
To understand white working-class voters’ support for Trump, we have to consider not just their economic anxieties and political resentments, but also their cultural fears regarding the costs of elu
Category: Visiting Scholars
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WCP: Engaging the Unreachables
Since the dust from this election settled, many have reflected on the extent of their own participation in the process. This Working-Class Perspective features Jack Metzgar expressing regret for not
Category: Visiting Scholars