Does social class matter in social movement studies? A theory of middle class radicalism
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| author | Klaus Eder |
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| contents | Does social class matter in social movement studies? A theory of middle class radicalism Klaus Eder Multidisciplinarias (Ciencias Sociales) Post modernity Social classes Social movements New middle class The paper discusses the question of the constitutive relationship between social class and social movement. Instead of accepting a social movement as the result of one social class, it is argued that a social class is also made of collective actions namely social movement. This implies that the social class cannot be treated as an independent variable, claiming an objective status. This is considered to be a form of reifying the notion of class. Against this, it is argued that class is the product of a collective action which can be analyzed regarding its social composition, its organizing social networks and its cultural framing. Such a framework of class analysis is then applied to a middle class approach that has proved to be particularly suitable. Instead of repeating old claims of a non-homogeneous middle class, which reduces a class of people to a mass of people, it is shown how this class constitutes itself in a continuous action and mobilization process, as a social class with distinctive boundaries, networks and cultural orientations. In this sense, class matters, and class analysis can still be seen as a central tool for understanding macrosociological phenomena. 2001 artículo científico 0102-6909 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=10704601 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=107 Revista Brasileira de Ciências Sociais application/pdf Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Ciências Sociais Revista Brasileira de Ciências Sociais (Brasil) Num.46 Vol.16 |
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| publishDate | 2001 |
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| spellingShingle | Does social class matter in social movement studies? A theory of middle class radicalism Klaus Eder Multidisciplinarias (Ciencias Sociales) Post modernity Social classes Social movements New middle class Does social class matter in social movement studies? A theory of middle class radicalism Klaus Eder Multidisciplinarias (Ciencias Sociales) Post modernity Social classes Social movements New middle class The paper discusses the question of the constitutive relationship between social class and social movement. Instead of accepting a social movement as the result of one social class, it is argued that a social class is also made of collective actions namely social movement. This implies that the social class cannot be treated as an independent variable, claiming an objective status. This is considered to be a form of reifying the notion of class. Against this, it is argued that class is the product of a collective action which can be analyzed regarding its social composition, its organizing social networks and its cultural framing. Such a framework of class analysis is then applied to a middle class approach that has proved to be particularly suitable. Instead of repeating old claims of a non-homogeneous middle class, which reduces a class of people to a mass of people, it is shown how this class constitutes itself in a continuous action and mobilization process, as a social class with distinctive boundaries, networks and cultural orientations. In this sense, class matters, and class analysis can still be seen as a central tool for understanding macrosociological phenomena. 2001 artículo científico 0102-6909 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=10704601 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=107 Revista Brasileira de Ciências Sociais application/pdf Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Ciências Sociais Revista Brasileira de Ciências Sociais (Brasil) Num.46 Vol.16 |
| title | Does social class matter in social movement studies? A theory of middle class radicalism |
| topic | Multidisciplinarias (Ciencias Sociales) Post modernity Social classes Social movements New middle class |
| url | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=10704601 |