Thomas J. Gorman: Growing up Working Class

Cover: 9783319865041 | Growing up Working Class | Thomas J. Gorman | Taschenbuch | xvii

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Beschreibung

Presents a rich, engaging, and vulnerable personal narrative from an author who grew up in the milieu he seeks to investigate

Speaks to a timely topic - in the face of rising populism, white nationalism, and disenchantment with the status quo political order and a globalized, modernizing world

Engages with sociological and social-psychological theory and strengthened by census tract data, social media data, and the author's lifelong research on social class, education, families, and sports

Presents a rich, engaging, and vulnerable personal narrative from an author who grew up in the milieu he seeks to investigate

Speaks to a timely topic - in the face of rising populism, white nationalism, and disenchantment with the status quo political order and a globalized, modernizing world

Engages with sociological and social-psychological theory and strengthened by census tract data, social media data, and the author's lifelong research on social class, education, families, and sports

Über den Autor

Thomas J. Gorman is Associate Professor of Sociology at Queens College, The City University of New York, USA.

Zusammenfassung

Presents a rich, engaging, and vulnerable personal narrative from an author who grew up in the milieu he seeks to investigate

Speaks to a timely topic - in the face of rising populism, white nationalism, and disenchantment with the status quo political order and a globalized, modernizing world

Engages with sociological and social-psychological theory and strengthened by census tract data, social media data, and the author's lifelong research on social class, education, families, and sports

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction.- 2. Where Does the Concrete End?: The Local Context of the Hidden Injuries of Class.- 3. Education: The Hidden Injuries of Class Begin.- 4. The Injuries Continue Into Adulthood.- 5. Friends and Sports: The Injuries Escalate and Become Personal.- 6. Structure and Culture: The Macro Context of Growing Up Working Class.- 7. Facebook: A Reunion of Angry (and Not so Angry).- 8. Conclusions: Hard and Settled Living, Self-Confidence, and The Development of Angry (and Not so Angry) White Working-Class Men and Women.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2018
Genre:	Politikwissenschaften , Recht , Sozialwissenschaften , Wirtschaft
Rubrik:	Wissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	xvii 266 S.
ISBN-13:	9783319865041
ISBN-10:	3319865048
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Gorman, Thomas J.
Hersteller:	Springer
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, juergen.hartmann@springer.com
Maße:	210 x 148 x 16 mm
Von/Mit:	Thomas J. Gorman
Erscheinungsdatum:	12.08.2018
Gewicht:	0,371 kg