In this paper, we take up the burgeoning debate about the underrepresentation of the working class in politics. In the literature section we discuss theories of group representation and look at recent empirical studies of responsiveness that have begun to disaggregate public opinion by...

Introduction -- A practical demonstration in democracy: the IWO -- A plan for plenty: the IWO tames capitalism -- We dare entertain thoughts not to the liking of present-day bigots: race, civil rights and the IWO -- A mandolin orchestra could attract a lot of attention: interracial fun --...

1. Distributive justice and the white-collar workforce: the outbreak of conflict -- 2. The 'engine-coach car' dilemma: MAPAI's discourse on class, ethnicity, and modernization -- 3. "In torn soles on a marble floor": the Guri Committee and Sharett government debates on white-collar workers'...

Safeway: changing the math -- The new suffragists: the fight for meaningful corporate elections -- The silence of the lions: reining in hedge funds and private equity -- Checks and imbalances: saying no to the imperial CEO -- The people's lobbyists versus private equity -- The new sheriffs of...

"Starting in the late 1970s, tens of thousands of American industrial workers lost jobs in factories and mines. Deindustrialization had dramatic effects on those workers and their communities, but its longterm effects continue to ripple through working-class culture. Economic restructuring...

Introduction: "Got a match?" -- "Our lives, our thoughts and our allegiance" : new immigrants in 1914 -- "A war of coal and iron" : 1914-1917 -- Securing "the industrial forts of America" : 1917-1918 -- "The revolt of the rank-and-file" : 1919 -- A double envelopment of reaction : 1920-1924 --...

"During the nineteenth century, London's population grew by more than five million as people flocked from the countryside to the city to take up jobs in shops and factories. In West Ham and the River Lea, Jim Clifford explores the growth of London's most populous independent suburb and the...

Part I. Capitalism and imperialism. The industrial proletariat of the global south -- Migration and the reserve army of labor -- Part II. Case studies. India : neoliberal industrialization, class formation, and mobilization -- China : state capitalism, foreign investment, and worker insurgency...

"'Are They Rich Because They're Smart' explains the sharpening class inequalities in the United States and the resulting conflicts accelerated by today's slow-burning world depression. It takes apart the self-serving rationalizations of a growing layer of well-paid professionals that their...

Much has been written about 19th century African American and white statures and body mass index values. However, little is known about their physical activity and calories required to sustain height and weight. This paper considers two alternative measures for biological conditions that address...

This article re-examines the food consumption of working class households in 1904 and compares the nutritional content of these diets with modern measures of adequacy. We find a fairly steep gradient of nutritional attainment relative to economic class, with high levels of vitamin and mineral...

A rural place and a rural people -- Building factories in the country -- Rise of the rural-industrial workers -- Prosperous, independent rural-industrial workers -- Work and identity in the factory and at home -- Movements for equality in a time of industrial restructuring -- Conclusion: Country...

This study provides new answers to one of the most perplexing questions facing historians of labor and of the South: why were workers so resistant to the efforts of unions and liberals to reform the region? Elizabeth and Ken Fones-Wolf add evangelical Protestantism to the narrative of how...

"The United States has been epitomized as a land of opportunity, where hard work and skill can bring personal success and economic well-being. The American Dream has captured the imagination of people from all walks of life, and to many, it represents the heart and soul of the country. But there...