an article by Wouter De Tavernier (KU Leuven, Belgium), Laura Naegele (University of Vechta, German) and Moritz Hess (University of Bremen, Germany) published in Social Inclusion Volume 7 Issue 3 (2019)
Abstract
Modernization theory has often been used to explain country differences in levels of ageism. The commentary at hand questions its usefulness in the analysis of ageism today for two reasons.
First, modernization theory was developed to discuss social status of older people, not ageism.
Second, social policies and management practices that emerged with industrialization are being rolled back over the last decades.
We therefore argue for the reconsideration of the relationship between modernization and ageism and to re-assess it in order to better explain country differences in ageism in the 21st century.
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Friday, 16 August 2019
Thursday, 17 January 2019
The class pictures in citizens’ minds
an article by Joshua Robison and Rune Stubager (Aarhus University, Denmark) published in The British Journal of Sociology Volume 69 Issue 4 (December 2018)
Abstract
Social class has traditionally played a key role in explaining social behaviour and cognition. However, recent analyses have been dominated by the view that the relevance of class for behaviour has dwindled in advanced industrial societies.
We contest this view by focusing on the subjective components of class consciousness. Using a national survey of Danish citizens, we show that individuals continue to hold meaningful conceptions of classes, to identify with them and, moreover, to perceive substantial levels of differences between them with these latter beliefs being strongly structured by respondent class identification.
These results are all the more intriguing because they stem from a high affluence/low inequality national context that should be a particularly good case for failing to find such rich class perceptions.
Abstract
Social class has traditionally played a key role in explaining social behaviour and cognition. However, recent analyses have been dominated by the view that the relevance of class for behaviour has dwindled in advanced industrial societies.
We contest this view by focusing on the subjective components of class consciousness. Using a national survey of Danish citizens, we show that individuals continue to hold meaningful conceptions of classes, to identify with them and, moreover, to perceive substantial levels of differences between them with these latter beliefs being strongly structured by respondent class identification.
These results are all the more intriguing because they stem from a high affluence/low inequality national context that should be a particularly good case for failing to find such rich class perceptions.
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