Race, class, politics, and the disappearance of work

Bibliographic Data

ID2991636
AuthorsJennifer Hochschild (0000-0001-5979-1562, Harvard University Press, corresponding author), Jennifer L Hochschild (Harvard University)
Year2017
Volume40
Issue9
Pages1492-1501
Publication date2017-07-15
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEthnic and Racial Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0141-9870 • E-ISSN: 1466-4356
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01419870.2017.1300300
OpenAlexW2621843237
LanguageEN
References cited3

When Work Disappears" has shaped research agendas on poverty, racial hierarchy, and urban social and economic dynamics. That is a lot for one article, yet two issues warrant more analysis. They are the ways in which socially defined "race" - rather than or in combination with class - explains the impact of sustained joblessness, and the political behaviours that may emerge in response to work's disappearance. I point to evidence showing that both race and class have independent associations with the loss of work in poor African-American communities, as well as interactive effects. In the political arena - too often neglected by sociologists studying poverty - sustained, community-wide joblessness or underemployment are associated both with withdrawal from political engagement and with the recent resurgence of right-wing populism. Even after several decades of intensive research, we have more to learn about the interactions of race, class, politics, and the disappearance of work

Class analysis · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Poverty · Race (biology · Sociology · Underclass · Underemployment · Unemployment · Warrant · Work (physics · Employment and Welfare Studies · Gender Studies · Law · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics

Tools

Open DOIOpen Access