The Pros And Cons Of The Working Class
I am going to show that Labour should not be the party of the working class.
The definition of working class has changed over time, as if you were working class a century ago, it would mean that you earnt little money, however, our perception of working class has changed now- Working class is/are a "group of people who do manual work, they do jobs which involve using physical skills rather than intellectual skills."(https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/working-class). This means working class is more fluid and complex than before. Therefore for the purposes of this essay working class will be classed as the poor.
This can be looked as a question as to whether Labour should be more Communitarianism. Labour is currently progressive Liberal in it's thinking. Communitarianism is a working-class thought whereas progressive liberalism is a middle-class thought. If Labour is truly a working-class party, as it declares it is, then we would expect Labor to have a Communitarian thought of thinking.
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Earlier in the century "politics was dominated by the aristocracy and adult suffrage was limited and when trade unions were weak and the Labour Party was non-existent, thus restricting the political influence of the working class. However, it has been claimed that Marxist Elite theory had lost much of its relevance by the middle to late 20th Century in conditions of universal suffrage and given the growing strength of trade unions and of the Labour Party"(www.earlhamsociologypages.co.uk/power%20essay.doc) So the Marxist Theory may have been more believable in the previous century but because of the strength of the trade unions and Labour Party, political influence has risen, economic elites can't dominate
The definition of working class has changed over time, as if you were working class a century ago, it would mean that you earnt little money, however, our perception of working class has changed now- Working class is/are a "group of people who do manual work, they do jobs which involve using physical skills rather than intellectual skills."(https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/working-class). This means working class is more fluid and complex than before. Therefore for the purposes of this essay working class will be classed as the poor.
This can be looked as a question as to whether Labour should be more Communitarianism. Labour is currently progressive Liberal in it's thinking. Communitarianism is a working-class thought whereas progressive liberalism is a middle-class thought. If Labour is truly a working-class party, as it declares it is, then we would expect Labor to have a Communitarian thought of thinking.
"In 2017, Corbyn's manifesto …show more content…
Earlier in the century "politics was dominated by the aristocracy and adult suffrage was limited and when trade unions were weak and the Labour Party was non-existent, thus restricting the political influence of the working class. However, it has been claimed that Marxist Elite theory had lost much of its relevance by the middle to late 20th Century in conditions of universal suffrage and given the growing strength of trade unions and of the Labour Party"(www.earlhamsociologypages.co.uk/power%20essay.doc) So the Marxist Theory may have been more believable in the previous century but because of the strength of the trade unions and Labour Party, political influence has risen, economic elites can't dominate