'We Didn't Know What We Were Eating Tomorrow': How Class Origin Shapes the Political Outlook of Members of the Parliament in Britain.
Most work in political science on class and political ideology is focussed on politicians' class destination rather than class origins. Yet that is inconsistent with evidence in the case of the United Kingdom that the conditions of someone's family upbringing do influence their politics. This articl...
| Publicado en: | Political Studies Vol. 73; no. 2; pp. 612 - 631 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
May2025
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