Class and Politics in Contemporary Social Science: Marxism Lite and Its Blind Spot for Culture

, by Houtman,Dick

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ISBN: 9780202306889 | 0202306887
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 4/30/2004

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Preface

1. "Marxism Lite": Modernity, Industrialism, and Culture

(23)

Introduction

(1)

Modernity as Industrialism

(9)

Research Problem

(5)

Approach

(3)

Data

(2)

Design of the Book

(1)

Notes

(3)

2. What Is Actually a "Class"? Martin Lipset and "Working-Class" Authoritarianism

(23)

Introduction

(1)

What Is Actually a "Class"?

(3)

Hypotheses

(2)

Operationalization

(5)

Results

(7)

Conclusion

(1)

Notes

(4)

3. What About Occupational Self-Direction? Melvin Kohn and "Working-Class" Authoritarianism

(19)

Introduction

(1)

Melvin Kohn: Theory and Research Findings

(5)

Hypotheses

(2)

Operationalization

(3)

Results

(3)

Conclusion

(1)

Notes

(4)

4. Is Postmaterialism Really Different from Libertarianism? And Can It Be Explained Materialistically?

(17)

Introduction

(2)

What Does Inglehart's Postmaterialism Index Measure?

(2)

Parental Affluence and Postmaterialism

(2)

Measurement

(2)

Results

(5)

Conclusion

(2)

Notes

(2)

5. Why Are There So Many Postmaterialists in Affluent Countries? An International Comparison

(20)

Introduction

(1)

Hypotheses

(3)

Data and Measurement

(6)

Results

(7)

Conclusion

100

(1)

Notes

101

(2)

6. Who Votes for Whom? And Why Exactly? Class, Cultural Capital, and Voting Behavior

103

(18)

Introduction

103

(1)

Methodological Progress and Theoretical Stagnation

104

(5)

Class Voting and Cultural Voting in the Netherlands

109

(7)

How Theoretical Complacency Can Produce Wrong Findings

116

(2)

So, Once Again: Has There Been a Decline in Class Voting?

118

(2)

Notes

120

(1)

7. Has There Really Been a Decline in Class Voting? Class Voting and Cultural Voting in Britain, 1974-1997

121

(24)

(with Peter Achterberg)

Introduction

121

(1)

Operationalization

122

(5)

Has the Relation between Class and Voting Decreased?

127

(3)

But Has Class Voting Declined Too?

130

(6)

The Decline in Class Voting and the Silent Revolution

136

(2)

The Ironies of "Marxism Lite"

138

(3)

Notes

141

(4)

8. Conclusion: "Marxism Lite" and Its Blind Spot for Culture

145

(27)

Introduction

145

(1)

Research Findings

146

(6)

Education, Social Inequality, and Cultural Capital

152

(5)

Severing the Link with Class and Social Stratification

157

(7)

Culture, Industrialism, and Modernity

164

(5)

New Answers to Old Questions

169

(1)

Notes

170

(2)

Appendix: Secondary Data Sources

172

(1)

References

173

(14)

Index

187

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