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Class, Politics, and the Decline of Deference in England, 1968-2000 (Hardcover)
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Class, Politics, and the Decline of Deference in England, 1968-2000 (Hardcover)
Series: The Past and Present Book Series
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In late twentieth-century England, inequality was rocketing, yet
some have suggested that the politics of class was declining in
significance, while others argue that class identities lost little
power. Neither interpretation is satisfactory: class remained
important to 'ordinary' people's narratives about social change and
their own identities throughout the period 1968-2000, but in
changing ways. Using self-narratives drawn from a wide range of
sources - the raw materials of sociological studies, transcripts
from oral history projects, Mass Observation, and autobiography -
the book examines class identities and narratives of social change
between 1968 and 2000, showing that by the end of the period, class
was often seen as an historical identity, related to background and
heritage, and that many felt strict class boundaries had blurred
quite profoundly since 1945. Class snobberies 'went underground',
as many people from all backgrounds began to assert that what was
important was authenticity, individuality, and ordinariness. In
fact, Sutcliffe-Braithwaite argues that it is more useful to
understand the cultural changes of these years through the lens of
the decline of deference, which transformed people's attitudes
towards class, and towards politics. The study also examines the
claim that Thatcher and New Labour wrote class out of politics,
arguing that this simple - and highly political - narrative misses
important points. Thatcher was driven by political ideology and
necessity to try to dismiss the importance of class, while the New
Labour project was good at listening to voters - particularly swing
voters in marginal seats - and echoing back what they were
increasingly saying about the blurring of class lines and the
importance of ordinariness. But this did not add up to an
abandonment of a majoritarian project, as New Labour reoriented
their political project to emphasize using the state to empower the
individual.
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