Inequality and Class Consciousness

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dc.contributor.authorCarvacho, Hector
dc.contributor.authorAlvarez, Belen
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-31T14:30:11Z
dc.date.available2024-01-31T14:30:11Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractClass consciousness occupied a central role in some classic theories in the social sciences, particularly in sociology. However, these concepts have been mostly overlooked by social psychology. The recent development of the psychology of inequality and social class opens new opportunities to revisit the concept of class consciousness. In this chapter, we provide a conceptual overview of class consciousness highlighting its contemporary relevance, and we discuss how inequality and class consciousness are connected. To explore this connection, we show some preliminary evidence at the social level, showing how class consciousness is lower among rich and egalitarian countries, and at the individual level, showing that for members of the working class, higher levels of class consciousness are connected to lower life satisfaction and worse health-related indicators. We propose a research agenda for social psychology that reconsiders the concept of class consciousness as it might be a fruitful avenue to further explain how certain psychological processes impact the formation and maintenance of social hierarchies.
dc.description.funderCONICYT/FONDECYT Iniciacion
dc.format.extent14 páginas
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/978-3-030-28856-3_19
dc.identifier.eisbn978-3-030-28856-3
dc.identifier.eissn1534-7605
dc.identifier.isbn978-3-030-28855-6
dc.identifier.issn0037-7732
dc.identifier.pubmedidMEDLINE:34910029
dc.identifier.scopusidSCOPUS_ID:70449122103
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28856-3_19
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/81128
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000636542600020
dc.information.autorucFacultad de Ciencias Sociales; Carvacho Garcia, Hector Sebastian; S/I; 17351
dc.language.isoen
dc.nota.accesoSin adjunto
dc.pagina.final318
dc.pagina.inicio305
dc.publisherSPRINGER INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING AG
dc.relation.ispartofSOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY OF INEQUALITY
dc.revistaSOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY OF INEQUALITY
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectSOCIAL IDENTITY MODEL
dc.subjectSYSTEM-JUSTIFICATION
dc.subjectINCOME INEQUALITY
dc.subjectPREJUDICE
dc.subjectHOSTILE
dc.subjectSEXISM
dc.subjectLESS
dc.subject.ddc610
dc.subject.deweyMedicina y saludes_ES
dc.subject.ods10 Reduced Inequality
dc.subject.odspa10 Reducción de las desigualdades
dc.titleInequality and Class Consciousness
dc.typecapítulo de libro
sipa.codpersvinculados17351
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadCarga SIPA;31-01-2024
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