Unequal America

Class Conflict, the News Media, and Ideology in an Era of Record Inequality
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-367-52112-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Buch, Englisch, 316 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 426 g

This book examines Americans and their beliefs about the class divide in the United States. It argues that Americans’ beliefs about class and the economic divide develop through a multistep process. Economic affluence influences the development of worldview, measured in terms of ideology, partisanship, and self-identified class consciousness. Class consciousness in turn affects how people look at political and economic issues. This book is intended for scholars and students at every level who study inequality from a political, economic, or sociological position, along with general readers with a growing interest in and awareness of the effects of inequality on our democracy, especially in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, the resulting economic contraction, and the protests over racial injustice erupting throughout the world in 2020.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dimaggio, Anthony R

DiMaggio, Anthony

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften Journalismus & Presse
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments 1. Making Sense of Class, Inequality, and American Political Consciousness 2. Rising Inequality in America: A History of Political and Economic Change 3. The Formation of Economic Consciousness 4. The Development of Economic Consciousness: A Closer Look 5. Economic Realism, American Exceptionalism, and their Impact on Attitudes and Voter Preferences 6. Class is a Five Letter Dirty Word: Or How the Media Fail to Cover Inequality 7. Inequality, Hegemony, and Media Effects on Public Opinion 8. The Economics of Disillusionment: Growing Resistance to Neoliberal Political-Economy in the 21st Century 9. Rebellion in America: Mass Protest, Inequality, and Sympathy for the Poor Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Anthony R. DiMaggio is Associate Professor of Political Science at Lehigh University and the author of a variety of books on mass media and politics—most recently, Rebellion in America (Routledge, 2020) and Political Power in America (SUNY Press, 2019). He has remained active over the last few decades in social movements and as an avid social commentator in the field of American politics.