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Are "the Poor" Part of the Working Class or in a Class by Themselves?

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	Abstract

Drawing on the work of political economist Michael Zweig and sociologist Michele Lamont, as well as other sociological work on working-class life, this reflective essay argues for eliminating "the poor" as a social category but explains why that will be difficult due to both working-class and middle-class ways of construing classes in the United States.

First published on May 13, 2009
Labor Studies Journal 2009, doi:10.1177/0160449X09335472


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