Unskilled blue collar workers: Bourgeois and/or authoritarian? Results from a small scale survey in Belgium
In this article, two contrasting theories on the attitudes of unskilled blue collar workers are confronted: the ‘embourgeoisement’ thesis and the hypothesis of the ‘authoritarianism of the working class’. The ‘embourgeoisement’ thesis states that blue collar workers adopted the attitudes (and life style) of white collar workers, from whom they can no longer be distinguished. Lipset’s hypothesis of the ‘authoritarianism of the working class’, on the other hand, states that blue collar workers more strongly endorse a conservative attitude on socio-cultural matters and a progressive stand concern... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2007 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa, Vol 3, Iss 2, Pp e1-e25 (2007) |
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Schlagwörter: | Embourgeoisement thesis / blue collar workers / white collar workers / working class in Belgium / authoritarianism of the working class / socio-cultural attitudes of occupational groupings / Science / Q / Social Sciences / H |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26612328 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://doi.org/10.4102/td.v3i2.329 |