White Working Class

Overcoming Class Cluelessness in America

Author: Joan Williams
ISBN: 9781633693784

"I recommend a book by Professor Williams, it is really worth a read, it's called White Working Class." -- Vice President Joe Biden on Pod Save America An Amazon Best Business and Leadership book of 2017 Around the world, populist movements are gaining traction among the white working class. Meanwhile, members of the professional elite--journalists, managers, and establishment politicians--are on the outside looking in, left to argue over the reasons. In White Working Class, Joan C. Williams, described as having "something approaching rock star status" by the New York Times, explains why so much of the elite's analysis of the white working class is misguided, rooted in class cluelessness. Williams explains that many people have conflated "working class" with "poor"--but the working class is, in fact, the elusive, purportedly disappearing middle class. They often resent the poor and the professionals alike. But they don't resent the truly rich, nor are they particularly bothered by inco

Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press
Publish Date: 2017

Subjects: Political Science / Political Ideologies / Nationalism & Patriotism, Political Science / Political Ideologies / Conservatism & Liberalism, Social Science / Social Classes & Economic Disparity

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Women's Center (Location: Class/Economics)