Class Attitudes in America: Sympathy for the Poor, Resentment

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Class Attitudes in America: Sympathy for the Poor, Resentment of the Rich, and Political Implications

This book explains a long-standing puzzle in American politics: why so many Americans support downwardly redistributive social welfare programs, when such support seems to fly in the face of standard conceptions of the American public as anti-government, individualistic, and racially prejudiced. Bringing class attitudes into the analysis, Spencer Piston demonstrates through rigorous empirical analysis that sympathy for the poor and resentment of the rich explain American support for downwardly redistributive programs - not only those that benefit the middle class, but also those that explicitly target the poor. The book captures an important and neglected component of citizen attitudes toward a host of major public policies and candidate evaluations. It also explains why government does so little to combat economic inequality; in key instances, political elites downplay class considerations, deactivating sympathy for the poor and resentment of the rich.
Country USA
Brand Cambridge University Press
Manufacturer Cambridge University Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 30402960
ReleaseDate 2018-06-21
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781108447126

Country	USA
Brand	Cambridge University Press
Manufacturer	Cambridge University Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	30402960
ReleaseDate	2018-06-21
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781108447126

Class Attitudes in America: Sympathy for the Poor, Resentment of the Rich, and Political Implications

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