Class Dealignment Theory

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  • Created on: 04-05-18 11:35
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  • Decline in relationship between class and voting
    • Reasons for middle class dealignment
      • Working class origin
        • Bring hostility to Conservatives with them
      • Growth in Public Sector jobs
        • Conservatives will cut public sector
    • Reasons for working class dealignment
      • Decline of traditional industries and communities around them
      • Fall in trade unionism
        • New Industries: manual work in service/retail sector (eg microelectronic)
          • Decline of traditional industries and communities around them
          • Don't have as strong trade unions as old industries (eg. mining)
      • Growth in New Working Class
        • Growth in Home Ownership
    • Ivor Crewe
      • Class Dealignment Theory
  • So New Working Class less loyal to Labour and redistribution
    • Leads to Blairism and New Labour (move to centre)
      • Is this the end of socialism?
    • Reasons for working class dealignment
      • Fall in trade unionism
        • New Industries: manual work in service/retail sector (eg microelectronic)
          • Don't have as strong trade unions as old industries (eg. mining)
      • Growth in New Working Class
        • Growth in Home Ownership
  • Challenges to theory
    • Heath, Jowell and Curtis
      • Class catagories are outdated
        • Created in 1950s
        • Instead, should be 'Supervised' and 'Unsupervised' at work
      • Labour's decline in 80s too quick to be due to slow social change
        • So more to do with Labour's competence
          • So was New Labour necessary?
      • Changing working class jobs does not change class identity
        • People may be

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