SOC101Y1 Lecture : Political Sociology
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Social cleavages and politics in modern societies: lipset and rokkan s freezing hypothesis , lijphart s work Prof will look at the paper up to 2 weeks before Some background (1) early methods for assessing class voting. If u ask ppl what class they identify with there is a middle class bias : simple two category measure of party choice. More complex measures of relative class voting: logit models (odds ratios and fitted probabilities) Detailed occupation-based measures of social class (neo-weberian, neo-marxist) Multiple vote choice, including non-voting: non-voting (working class are less likely to vote) )or differences over time (e. g. neighbourhood composition and resources, party competition structures) Erik olin wright s class typology: neo-marxian (based on means of production and exploitation, owners (bourgeoisie, small employers, petty bourgeoisie), non-owners (experts managers, supervisors, non-managers); semi-credentialed (managers, supervisors, non- managers); proletarians, contradictory class locations.
