Biko Koenig
Biographic Data
| ID | 4390140 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Biko Koenig |
| GIVEN NAMES | Biko |
| FAMILY NAME | Koenig |
| SIGNATURE | KOENIG B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Government & Public Policy, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA, USA |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6014-4303 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Symbolic Politics of Status in the Maga Movement – Addendum
The Symbolic Politics of Status in the Maga Movement
Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork among Make America Great Again (MAGA) activists during the 2020 presidential campaign, we explore the status dynamics behind the appeal of Donald Trump’s right-wing populism. While existing explanations emphasize partisanship, economic anxiety, racial resentment, rural identity, and media polarization, we underscore a less-explored explanation for Trump’s core support: it is a status-based social movement. We fin…
Politicizing Status Loss Among Trump Supporters in 2020
Status loss—real or perceived—is seen as a key characteristic of how Donald Trump supporters make sense of the world. Drawing on five months of ethnographic and interview-based research, I argue that the motivations of Trump supporters are not only about status loss and anxiety, but also about the perceived injustice of it relative to competing notions of status worthiness that political opponents offer. I explore the process by which status-base…
Populism, Identity Work, and Progressive Organizing in Rural America
This article explores the strategy of a left-progressive congressional candidate in one of the most Republican areas in Pennsylvania during the 2018 election cycle. Using ethnographic and interview data, we discuss how campaign actors used left-populist discourse in their attempt to organize collective political identities, contest elections, and build long term grassroots power in a conservative rural district. The key tactic for organizers was …
Economic Inequality and the Violation Economy
The rise of the service economy, low‐wage jobs, and precarious employment practices are often noted as the core drivers of contemporary inequality. This article argues that the new economy should be understood alongside a policy regime that provides tremendous leeway for employers to routinely flout labor regulations, and some of the fissuring of the labor market is due to the ability of employers to engage in illegal activity. This article descr…
Politicizing Status Loss Among Trump Supporters in 2020
Status loss—real or perceived—is seen as a key characteristic of how Donald Trump supporters make sense of the world. Drawing on five months of ethnographic and interview-based research, I argue that the motivations of Trump supporters are not only about status loss and anxiety, but also about the perceived injustice of it relative to competing notions of status worthiness that political opponents offer. I explore the process by which status-base…
Economic Inequality and the Violation Economy
The rise of the service economy, low‐wage jobs, and precarious employment practices are often noted as the core drivers of contemporary inequality. This article argues that the new economy should be understood alongside a policy regime that provides tremendous leeway for employers to routinely flout labor regulations, and some of the fissuring of the labor market is due to the ability of employers to engage in illegal activity. This article descr…
The Symbolic Politics of Status in the Maga Movement
Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork among Make America Great Again (MAGA) activists during the 2020 presidential campaign, we explore the status dynamics behind the appeal of Donald Trump’s right-wing populism. While existing explanations emphasize partisanship, economic anxiety, racial resentment, rural identity, and media polarization, we underscore a less-explored explanation for Trump’s core support: it is a status-based social movement. We fin…
Economic Inequality and the Violation Economy
The rise of the service economy, low‐wage jobs, and precarious employment practices are often noted as the core drivers of contemporary inequality. This article argues that the new economy should be understood alongside a policy regime that provides tremendous leeway for employers to routinely flout labor regulations, and some of the fissuring of the labor market is due to the ability of employers to engage in illegal activity. This article descr…
Populism, Identity Work, and Progressive Organizing in Rural America
This article explores the strategy of a left-progressive congressional candidate in one of the most Republican areas in Pennsylvania during the 2018 election cycle. Using ethnographic and interview data, we discuss how campaign actors used left-populist discourse in their attempt to organize collective political identities, contest elections, and build long term grassroots power in a conservative rural district. The key tactic for organizers was …
Politicizing Status Loss Among Trump Supporters in 2020
Status loss—real or perceived—is seen as a key characteristic of how Donald Trump supporters make sense of the world. Drawing on five months of ethnographic and interview-based research, I argue that the motivations of Trump supporters are not only about status loss and anxiety, but also about the perceived injustice of it relative to competing notions of status worthiness that political opponents offer. I explore the process by which status-base…
The Symbolic Politics of Status in the Maga Movement – Addendum
The Symbolic Politics of Status in the Maga Movement
Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork among Make America Great Again (MAGA) activists during the 2020 presidential campaign, we explore the status dynamics behind the appeal of Donald Trump’s right-wing populism. While existing explanations emphasize partisanship, economic anxiety, racial resentment, rural identity, and media polarization, we underscore a less-explored explanation for Trump’s core support: it is a status-based social movement. We fin…
Political science (3 works) · Labor Movements and Unions (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political economy (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Art (1 works) · Business (1 works)