The new class war: Excluding the working class in 21st‐century Britain. Issue 4 (March 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Evans, Geoff; Tilley, James
• Is Part Of: Juncture. Volume 21:Issue 4(2014)
• Page Start: 298
• Page End: 304
• Publication Date: 2015-03
• Subjects: Political planning -- Periodicals; Political planning -- Great Britain -- Periodicals; Social policy -- Periodicals; Great Britain -- Social policy -- Periodicals; 361.61094105
• DOI: 10.1111/j.2050-5876.2015.00821.x
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2050-5868

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p>Is Britain's working class already lost to a vicious cycle of political disengagement and exclusion? <bold>Geoff Evans</bold> and <bold>James Tilley</bold> outline the terms of a 'new class war' against the working class, based on its shrinking share of the population, low political participation rates and the decreasing return it provides to electoral vote‐chasers.</p> </abstract>