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Class and left‐wing radicalism
Author(s) -
STEVENSON PAUL
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
canadian review of sociology/revue canadienne de sociologie
Language(s) - French
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.414
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1755-618X
pISSN - 1755-6171
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-618x.1977.tb00350.x
Subject(s) - political radicalism , sociology , ethnic group , politics , humanities , social class , ethnology , class (philosophy) , gender studies , religious studies , anthropology , philosophy , political science , epistemology , law
Ce travail tente d'examiner la relation entre la classe sociale, l'appartenance syndicale, l'expérience du chîomage, l'ethnicité, l'affiliation religieuse et le radicalisme de gauche dans un secteur de Winnipeg. Les données démontrent que le gauchisme a ses origines dans la classe sociale et la conception marxiste de classe sociale a plus d'importance que la conception sociologique traditionnelle. Ce travail démontre aussi que ni l'ethnicité ni l'affiliation religieuse ne contribuent beaucoup à la compréhension des attitudes politiques de gauche que détiennent les résidents du Nord de Winnipeg. This paper attempts to examine the relationship between social class, union membership, un‐employement experience, ethnicity, religious affiliation, and left‐wing radicalism in a part of Winnipeg. The resultant data show that leftism is rooted in social class, with the Marxian view of class being of greater import than the traditional sociological view. In this study, neither ethnicity nor religious affiliation contributes much to our understanding of left‐wing political views adhered to by the people of Winnipeg North.