Unequal America: Class Conflict, the News Media, and Ideology in an Era of Record Inequality

ISBN-13: 9780367521851 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 304 str.

Anthony R. Dimaggio

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This book examines American beliefs about t class divide in the United States. This book is intended for scholars and students who study inequality from a political, economic, or sociological position.

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Acknowledgments

Chapter 1: Inequality and American Political Consciousness

Coronavirus as a Historical Landmark Moment?

Main Arguments

What We Know About Inequality and Politics

Problems with Previous Research

Critical Theory, Class, and Inequality

Research Design

Chapter Descriptions

Chapter 2: Rising Inequality: A History of Political-Economic Change

Neoliberalism Defined

Deindustrialization

The Minimum Wage’s Decline

Executive Pay

Policy Inaction and Rising Costs of Services

Tax Policy

Growing Inequality, Declining Opportunity

Coronavirus and Economic Collapse: Inequality Intensifies

Public Opinion on Inequality

The Coronavirus Pandemic and Inequality Recognition

Consciousness for the Capitalist Class?

Conclusion

Chapter 3: The Formation of Economic Consciousness

Previous Research

Measuring Economic Consciousness

Competing Approaches to Studying Economic Consciousness

Interviewing Americans on Inequality

Examining Predictors of Economic Consciousness

Intersectionality and Economic Consciousness

Conclusion

Chapter 4: The Development of Economic Consciousness

Interviews: The First Wave

Economic Privilege

Interviews: The Second Wave

The Importance of Economic and Social Attitudes

Coronavirus as a Catalyst for Increasing Concerns with Inequality?

Conclusion

Chapter 5: Economic Realism, American Exceptionalism, and Their Impact on Attitudes and Voter Preferences

National Evidence

Exceptionalism, Realism, and Foreign Policy Beliefs

Conclusion

Chapter 6: Class is a Five Letter Dirty Word: or How the Media Fail to Cover Inequality

Theoretical Framework

What We Know About Politics, the Media, and Economics

Expectations

Media Discourse on Class and Inequality

The 2016 Presidential Election

Coronavirus and Inequality Coverage

Conclusion

Chapter 7: Inequality and Media Effects on Public Opinion

Media Experiments

National Findings

Inequality and the 2016 Election

Experimental Effects

Commodity Fetishism and the Economic Divide

Coronavirus, Inequality, and Media Effects?

Conclusion

Appendix

Chapter 8: The Economics of Disillusionment: Growing Resistance to Neoliberal Political-Economy

Economic Determinism, Relative Deprivation, and Counter-Hegemony

Strain Theory, Marxism, and Hegemony

Relative Deprivation and Counter-Hegemonic Ideology, Post-2008

Findings

Personal Finances and Political-Economic Attitudes

Changing Finances and Attitude Formation

Coronavirus as a Catalyst for Shifting Public Opinion

Conclusion

Chapter 9: Rebellion in America: Protest, Inequality, and Insecurity

Insecurity and the Welfare State: The Food Stamp Challenge

The Food Stamp Challenge: A Closer Look

Social Movements, Economic Insecurity, and Protest

The Madison Protests

Occupy Wall Street

"Fight for $15"

The Affordable Care Act Repeal

The Economics of Protest: Public Opinion of Progressive Social Movements

The Trump Uprising: A Mythic Rebellion Against Neoliberalism

Bernie Sanders and the Politics of Insecurity

Coronavirus as a Catalyst for Progressive Activism

Conclusion

Conclusion

The 2018 and 2020 Elections

Prospects for Change?