scholarly journals Sleepwalking, Class Mobility, and the Search for the Social Origins of Populism in Charles Brockden Brown's Edgar Huntly

2022 ◽  
pp. 1-26
Author(s):  
WAYNE M. REED
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Social Mobility ◽  
Social Origins ◽  
Class Mobility ◽  
The Social ◽  
Edgar Huntly ◽  
Social Arrangements ◽  
Form Of Expression

This paper argues that Brown's sleepwalkers in Edgar Huntly offer us an early figuration for the problems inherent in the phenomenon we now refer to as “populism.” Both populism and sleepwalking function through paradoxical and incongruent forms of expression that appear incoherent. The most prominent explanations that account for this paradoxical form of expression rely on an analysis of the breakdown of discourse. However, this paper argues that the incongruous form of expression is rooted in the reconfiguration of the social arrangements that enable Clithero and Edgar to advance socially but also places them in proximity to social crises. The contradictions of this position of social mobility are the source of the contradictions of the expression of sleepwalking. In depicting a world that makes social identity precarious, Brown offers us an explanation for how such paradoxical modes of expression are rooted in unstable resolutions of post-revolutionary society.

scholarly journals The authentic leader in the neoliberal times-Development, identity dominance and the politics of “doing” in India

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chetan Sinha
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Social Class ◽  
Social Identity ◽  
Right Wing ◽  
Cultural System ◽  
Class Mobility ◽  
New Politics ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Future ◽  
Diverse Groups

<p>What is the future of right-wing politics in India? Is India as a nation laden in the cultural foundation of conservatism and purity or it is a diversity moulded through the power of right-wing into a singular cultural system? The recent crises of right-wing politics in India founded in the new politics of social change where the historical oppression of diverse groups based on social class, religion, gender and caste has been politicized with new meaning under the garb of ‘doing’ development, cultural revivalism and the discourses of neoliberalism. Present research attempt to understand how the social identity of an authentic leader is shaped by the global neoliberal values and in what way the preference of authentic leaders by the group is moderated by the social class mobility and change. Also, some of the systematic attacks on the freedom of universities gave rise to students’ politics and movements with new vocabularies of resistance and leadership. It is need of the time to understand the leaders conscious ‘doing’ and conscious ‘not doing’, constructing the meaning of a nation in a different way or limiting it. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p>

scholarly journals Consuming Ethnicity: Loss, Commodities, and Space in Macedonia

Slavic Review ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 69 (4) ◽  
pp. 859-881 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rozita Dimova
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
Social Mobility ◽  
Free Market ◽  
The Political ◽  
Post Cold War ◽  
Class Mobility ◽  
Complex Interactions ◽  
The Social ◽  
Changing Patterns ◽  
Multiple Actors

In this article, Rozita Dimova examines the rearticulation of class and ethnicity and how class distinctions produced by a free market and neoliberal economy in Macedonia have affected the interaction of Albanians and Macedonians in postsocialist Macedonia. Dimova highlights the ethnic dimensions of changing patterns of consumption by exploring the class mobility of one ethnic group (Albanians) and thus combines class, commodities, and consumption with notions of ethnicity. The process of articulating ethnicity and class is induced by the larger neoliberal context of the post-Cold War world in which the political economy of the "free" market and privatization inform local subjectivities. The domain of consumption, therefore, offers a place from which we can understand the complex interactions of multiple actors in Macedonia and see the various economic, performative, and symbolic significance of consumption in which the social mobility of the nouveaux riches Albanians has contributed to the loss of class privileges experienced by many ethnic Macedonians.

scholarly journals Continuidades y discontinuidades de la movilidad ocupacional en México / Continuities and Discontinuities in Occupational Mobility in Mexico

2006 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 515 ◽  
Author(s):  
René Zenteno ◽  
Patricio Solís
Keyword(s):  
Social Mobility ◽  
Occupational Mobility ◽  
Social Origins ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
General Terms ◽  
Job Opportunities ◽  
The Social ◽  
Economic Transformations ◽  
Demographic Survey ◽  
Structural Mobility

En este artículo se analizan las tendencias de la movilidad ocupacional en el México urbano a partir de los datos de la Encuesta Demográfica Retrospectiva (Eder). Para ello se toman como referencia los hallazgos de un estudio previo realizado en Monterrey, en donde fueron identificadas dos tendencias: la continuidad de la movilidad estructural ascendente y la creciente desigualdad de logros ocupacionales asociada a los orígenes sociales de los individuos. Los resultados muestran que en términos generales estas tendencias también se observan en el conjunto de las ciudades del país, aunque con algunos matices que no se aprecian en Monterrey; revelan también que las transformaciones económicas y sociales experimentadas en el país durante las últimas décadas han producido efectos negativos en la movilidad social pues, a pesar de la continuidad en la movilidad estructural, se ha acentuado la inequidad de oportunidades laborales. AbstractThis article analyzes the trends in occupational mobility on the basis of data from the Retrospective Demographic Survey (Eder). To this end, it used the findings of a previous study conducted in Monterrey that identified two trends: the continuity of rising structural mobility and the growing inequality of occupational achievements associated with individuals’ social origins. The results show that in general terms, these trends can also be observed in the country’s cities as a whole, although with certain nuances not found in Monterrey. They also show that the social and economic transformations experienced in the country in recent decades have produced negative effects on social mobility, since despite the continuity in structural mobility, the inequality of job opportunities has been exacerbated.

scholarly journals PERSOALAN IDENTITAS SOSIAL TOKOH LAKI-LAKI DALAM NOVEL PERSIDEN KARYA WISRAN HADI

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yustity Ayu Novelly ◽  
Samsiarni Samsiarni ◽  
Emil Septia
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Social Identity ◽  
Social Comparison ◽  
Social Mobility ◽  
The Novel ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Identity Problems ◽  
Descriptive Method

This research is based on the background to find out what things that affect the social identity problems which faced by Minangkabau male personage in the novel Persiden which created by Wisran Hadi. This research focused on the issue of male social identity in the novel Persiden. The aimed of this research are, to describe the (1)  misidentification; (2) social comparison, and (3) social mobility of male personage in the novel Persiden. The type of the research is qualitative research. The method which be used in this research is descriptive method. The results of this study indicated that there are 3 issues of social identity experienced by male personage in the Persiden novel. In accordance based on theories of the social identity which stated by Hogg and Abraham, there were (1) misidentification, which was experienced by 4 people of Mamak Rumah Bagonjong; those who feel the position of mamak in their people are worthless, (2) social comparison, which was experienced by 4 mamak Rumah Bagonjong and sumando who did not carry out their position according to the functions; from the issues that was so complicated for people of Rumah Bagonjong who experienced by these men, makes the creation of a series of comparisons of the issues which faced with what should happen,  and (3) social mobility, experienced by 4 people of mamak Rumah bagonjong; from the issue that befall their people, they make changes and movements to get a solution to the problems they were facing.   

scholarly journals La théorie des groupes non compétitifs

2009 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 246-261
Author(s):  
Jean-Pierre Daubigney
Keyword(s):  
Social Structure ◽  
Social Mobility ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Social Origins ◽  
Level Of Education ◽  
The Social ◽  
Preference Functions ◽  
Reproduction Pattern

In this paper, the author describes and criticizes the theory of non-competitive groups. According to this theory, the non-competitivity of social groups refers to the existence and the reproduction by heredity of a bi-univocal correspondence between the hierarchy of social groups and the hierarchy of employments. Such a relation comes from the fact that the social origins determine the level of education, the distribution of inborn qualities, and the preference functions of individuals. It is also the result of the demographic reproduction pattern of social groups. In such conditions, the incomes hierarchy is the result as well as the means of the hereditary reproduction of social structure and of non-competitivity. Two basic criticisms can be formulated. First, this theory is unable to justify most of the relation underlying the analysis. Second, the proposed explanation model is unable to account for the contemporary ways of non-competitivity such as indicated by the statistics on social mobility.

scholarly journals The authentic leader in the neoliberal times-Development, identity dominance and the politics of “doing” in India

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chetan Sinha
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Social Class ◽  
Social Identity ◽  
Right Wing ◽  
Cultural System ◽  
Class Mobility ◽  
New Politics ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Future ◽  
Diverse Groups

<p>What is the future of right-wing politics in India? Is India as a nation laden in the cultural foundation of conservatism and purity or it is a diversity moulded through the power of right-wing into a singular cultural system? The recent crises of right-wing politics in India founded in the new politics of social change where the historical oppression of diverse groups based on social class, religion, gender and caste has been politicized with new meaning under the garb of ‘doing’ development, cultural revivalism and the discourses of neoliberalism. Present research attempt to understand how the social identity of an authentic leader is shaped by the global neoliberal values and in what way the preference of authentic leaders by the group is moderated by the social class mobility and change. Also, some of the systematic attacks on the freedom of universities gave rise to students’ politics and movements with new vocabularies of resistance and leadership. It is need of the time to understand the leaders conscious ‘doing’ and conscious ‘not doing’, constructing the meaning of a nation in a different way or limiting it. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p>

Egalité formelle et obstacles informels á l'ascension professionnelle: les femmes et l'effet ‘plafond de verre’

2005 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 141-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margarita Sanchez-Mazas ◽  
Annalisa Casini
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Social Mobility ◽  
Social Identity Theory ◽  
Historical Analysis ◽  
Social Hierarchy ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Social ◽  
Upward Social Mobility ◽  
Psychosocial Perspective ◽  
The Impact

English In this article the authors analyze the often 'hidden' impediments which contribute to keep women in the lower positions of the social hierarchy (known as the 'glass ceiling' effect). The asymmetry between men's and women's professional profiles is questioned from an historical and psychosocial perspective. Empirical evidence attesting to the impact of the prevailing organizational norms on the propensity to upward social mobility are presented and discussed on the basis of the notions of 'social identity' (Social Identity Theory, Tajfel et Turner, 1979), 'dominant and dominated groups' (Lorenzi-Cioldi, 1988), and 'normative conflict', as well as the historical analysis of the dichotomies between feminine and masculine (Héritier, 1996, 2002) and public and private spheres of life (Scott, 1998). French Cet article propose une réflexion sur les obstacles, souvent 'invisibles', qui contribuent à maintenir les femmes aux niveaux inférieurs de la hiérarchie sociale, un phénomène qui a été baptisé 'plafond de verre'. L'asymétrie des profils professionnels entre hommes et femmes est interrogée à partir d'une approche historique et psychosociale. Des résultats de recherches attestent l'impact qu'exercent les normes en vigueur dans les organisations sur la propension à la mobilité ascendante. Le 'plafond de verre' est discuté à partir des notions d'identité sociale (cf. Théorie de l'Identité Sociale, Tajfel et Turner, 1979), de 'groupes dominants et dominés' (Lorenzi-Cioldi, 1988) et de 'conflit normatif' ainsi que de la division historique entre féminin et masculin (Héritier, 1996, 2002), sphère publique et sphère privée (Scott, 1998).

scholarly journals Education and Intergenerational Social Mobility in Europe and the United States

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
World War Ii ◽  
Social Mobility ◽  
Upward Mobility ◽  
Social Background ◽  
The United States ◽  
Downward Mobility ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Class Mobility ◽  
The Social

This book is about the role of education in shaping rates and patterns of intergenerational social mobility among men and women during the twentieth century. It examines intergenerational class mobility in the United States and seven European countries during this period. Class mobility compares the social class position of men and women with the class of the family they were born into. Mobility trends have been similar in all these countries, with increasing upward mobility among people born up to about 1950 and increasing downward mobility for those born later. The major driver of upward mobility was the massive changes in the occupational structure that took place in the thirty years after the end of World War II. Education was also important in promoting greater openness, not only through the growth of higher education, but also because, in many cases, the relationship between social background and educational attainment weakened.

scholarly journals Poutine Dynamics

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolas Fabien-Ouellet
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Social Mobility ◽  
Social Identity Theory ◽  
Social Process ◽  
Personal Relationship ◽  
White House ◽  
Working Definition ◽  
The Social ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Black Queer

Taking everyone by surprise, poutine—an unpretentious Quebecois dish originally made of fries, cheese curds and brown gravy—found its way onto the Canadian State Dinner menu organized by the White House in March 2016. Drawing on my personal relationship with poutine, this paper intends to expose how poutine has managed to enact a form of social mobility. The tasting experience of poutine is first deconstructed through its taste ‘on the tongue’ and its taste as a dynamic social process, to investigate poutine’s palatability and mainstream appeal. Through this tasting analysis, poutine emerges as a new(er) and distinct way to consume food that is increasingly adopted and adapted. A working definition of poutine as a new dish classification label in its own right (just like sandwiches, dumplings, soups, flatbreads or sushi) is proposed. The social mobility of other foods (e.g. lobster, kimchi, garlic, and sushi) is further explored, before discussing how poutine is also connected to a stigma, which weakens the agency of the Quebecois. Using the social identity theory, it appears that Quebecois youth are dismissing this ‘poutine stigma’ through a revaluing approach, which resembles a reappropriation of poutine, not necessarily linguistically (as seen with ‘black’, ‘queer’, or ‘geek’), but rather in a culinary fashion. Coupling poutine’s sociohistorical stigma and its growing Canadization (that is, the presentation, not the consumption per say, of poutine as a Canadian dish), two related situations—the ongoing process of poutine culinary appropriation and the threat of Quebecois cultural absorption by Canadians—are exposed.

The Social Origins and Provenance of the English Bishops during the Reign of Edward II

1959 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 51-79
Author(s):  
K. Edwards
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Social Background ◽  
Early Career ◽  
The Political ◽  
Social Origins ◽  
Political Activities ◽  
Edward Ii ◽  
The Social ◽  
Complete Study ◽  
History Of

During the last twenty or twenty-five years medieval historians have been much interested in the composition of the English episcopate. A number of studies of it have been published on periods ranging from the eleventh to the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. A further paper might well seem superfluous. My reason for offering one is that most previous writers have concentrated on analysing the professional circles from which the bishops were drawn, and suggesting the influences which their early careers as royal clerks, university masters and students, secular or regular clergy, may have had on their later work as bishops. They have shown comparatively little interest in their social background and provenance, except for those bishops who belonged to magnate families. Some years ago, when working on the political activities of Edward II's bishops, it seemed to me that social origins, family connexions and provenance might in a number of cases have had at least as much influence on a bishop's attitude to politics as his early career. I there fore collected information about the origins and provenance of these bishops. I now think that a rather more careful and complete study of this subject might throw further light not only on the political history of the reign, but on other problems connected with the character and work of the English episcopate. There is a general impression that in England in the later middle ages the bishops' ties with their dioceses were becoming less close, and that they were normally spending less time in diocesan work than their predecessors in the thirteenth century.

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