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Listen to the fifth and final episode of Know Your Place: what happened to class in British politics from The Conversation Documentaries podcast.
What does the background of MPs mean for the way they govern? Listen to part 3 of Know Your Place: what happened to class in British politics.
More people in modern Britain identify as working class than middle class.
In the second part of our podcast series Know Your Place: what happened to class in British politics, we trace the history of class politics over the past century.
The first episode of Know Your Place: what happened to class in British politics from The Conversation Documentaries podcast.
Listen to the trailer for a new podcast series from The Conversation Documentaries on the relationship between class and politics in Britain.
The rise of corporate inclusivity might be responsible.
It happens in journalism and it happens in the arts. But in Congress – where just 2% of representatives held blue-collar or service-industry jobs before entering politics – it’s rampant.
Girls growing up in very different circumstances navigated the possibilities and pitfalls of the 1960s and early 1970s in very different ways.
Relationship anarchists argue that we should relate to one another as equals and accept that intimacy can take many forms.
A new wave of research shows how working-class young men are changing their behaviour. But some remain hostile to the term “toxic masculinity” and see it as a vehicle for shaming men.
Throughout US history, racist attacks against racial minorities were committed by white men grappling with their masculinity and social status.
The genre has long been viewed as too exclusive, too expensive and too stuffy. Thanks to video games, that’s starting to change.
The controversial reality show is only part of the picture when it comes to class and education in Indian marriage negotiations.
Climbing the ladder is not a simple process.
Accountancy firm KPMG’s plans for greater social balance should be applauded.
The quest for significance and respect is a universal part of human nature. It has the potential to inspire great works – but lately, it has been much in evidence tearing society apart.
Societies and cultures that seem ossified and entrenched can be completely upended by pandemics, which create openings for conquest, innovation and social change.
We asked almost 1500 Australians about the art they liked and disliked. Then we mapped middlebrow culture. We found plenty to enjoy there.
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Host, Know Your Place podcast, The Conversation
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Professor of Politics, University of Strathclyde and Senior Research Fellow, National Centre for Social Research
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Professor of Political Sociology, University of Bristol
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Professor of Politics, Queen Mary University of London
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Professor of Politics, Royal Holloway, University of London
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Professor of Higher Education, Rhodes University, South Africa, Rhodes University
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Director of the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership and Professor of Politics, King's College London
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Professor in the Sociology of Politics, Official Fellow in Politics, Nuffield College, University of Oxford
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Lecturer in Politics, University of Oxford
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Associate Professor in Urban Geography, The University of Melbourne
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Director of Education, Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research Data and Method, Cardiff University
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M.A. Candidate, Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University
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Associate Professor, Honorary Principal Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Research Assistant at the Centre for Adult Social Care Research, Cardiff University
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Associate Researcher, Newcastle University