The New Class in Post-Industrial Society

The traditional class analysis of politics in industrial societies described a conflict that pitted the well-off business class against the working class in a "democratic class struggle." This book holds that economic development has produced a New Class

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The New Class in Post-Industrial Society John McAdams Marquette University

THE NEW CLASS IN POST- INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY Copyright © John McAdams, 2015. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2015 978-1-137-51540-7

All rights reserved. First published in 2015 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States—a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the World, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-57663-0 ISBN 978-1-137-51541-4 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137515414 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available from the Library of Congress. A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Integra Software Services First edition: September 2015 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Contents

List of Tables

vii

Acknowledgments

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1 37 81 101 131 151 163 179 189 223

The Theory of the New Class The Three Class Worldviews Class Voting in Presidential Elections Class and Politics: Referendum Data The Class Basis of Elite Partisanship: Convention Delegates The Class Basis of Political Radicalism The Class Basis of Congressional Liberalism The Case of Government Workers Lifestyle: An Expression of Class Identification Conclusion: The Future and Class and Politics

Appendices

233

Notes

237

References

243

Index

251

Tables

2.1 Cluster analysis of 1972 National Election Study

46

2.2 Cluster analysis of 1976 National Election Study

47

2.3 Cluster analysis of 1980 National Election Study

48

2.4 Political correlates of worldview

52

2.5 Demographic correlates of worldview—occupation National Election Studies

54

2.6 Demographic correlates of worldview—education National Election Studies

56

2.7 Demographic correlates of worldview—family income National Election Studies

57

2.8 Multivariate logistic regression new class vs. traditional middle class worldview model based on occupation (standard errors in parentheses)

59

2.9 Multivariate logistic regression new class vs. traditional middle class worldview model based on income and education (standard errors in parentheses)

60

2.10 Multivariate logistic regression new class vs. traditional middle class worldview models based on education and income (standard errors in parentheses)

64

2.11 Cluster analysis of worldviews—2000

66

2.12 Cluster analysis of worldviews—2004

70

2.13 Cluster by occupation/2000

73

2.14 Cluster by education/2000

74

2.15 2000 income by worldview

75

2.16 Political correlates of worldview 2000/2004

77

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LIST OF TABLES

2.17 Multivariate logistic regression new class vs. trad