Archive: Working-Class Perspectives
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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
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WCP: Deindustrialisation, Deregulation, and Division: The Case of Shirebrook and Sports Direct
The prospect of revitalizing domestic manufacturing after decades of deindustrialization and outsourcing generates plenty of excitement. As some industrial work returns to the United States and Grea
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
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WCP: Trumped Up Charges Against Evangelicals
Despite the attention received by white working-class voters this election cycle, Evangelicals accounted for nearly half of Donald Trump's support. In this week's Working-Class Perspective, Ken Este
Category: Visiting Scholars
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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