The Politics of the White Working Class

Harvard FAS

This course focuses on the politics of the white working class in North America. The course examines different definitions of the working class and an overview of social identity theory, before delving into the study of class-based political parties, whiteness, and white identity. The course then moves to the contemporary moment and the importance of the white working class as a political group. The course looks at voting patterns in North America and across the world. It analyzes where white…