Dennis,
Somewhat related to your question about US concern for income disparities
is this interesting upcoming Social Class conference I've been involved
with... Best, Rich
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Social Class: How Does it Work?
New York University
19 West 4th Street
April 21- 22, 2006
The conference is free and open to the public
Americans are notoriously uneasy when talking about race but words fail us
altogether on social class. We lack the language to even start a
dialogue. Unionization rates among the lowest in the developed world; no
labor party to speak of; and a body politic where cultural issues seem to
trump economic ones on a regular basis.
Where does class fit in American political and intellectual life?
There are signs that this lack of a public discourse on class may be
changing as of late: Politicians throw around the term "class warfare";
the New York Times devotes a multiple article series on the role of class
in daily life; and gated communities are springing up
everywhere. Meanwhile, income inequality is rising to its highest levels
in almost a century, and class effects are all around us. There are
cleavages in America in health, education, and family life. What is this
elusive concept of "social class" that researchers, journalists and the
public bat around? How, when and why does it matter in contemporary U.S.
society? The upcoming conference will address these questions and more,
facilitating dialogue among some of the leading class researchers as well
as a panel of eminent journalists including Roger Hodge (Editor of
Harpers); Janny Scott (New York Times writer); Ray Suarez (Senior
Correspondent at the NewsHour).
Program includes:
Erik Olin Wright, John Goldthorpe, Jeff Manza and Clem Brooks, Mary
Pattillo, Leslie McCall, David Grusky and Kim Weeden, Michele Lamont, Bruce
Link, Karyn Lacey, Michael Hout, Dalton Conley, and Annette Lareau and
Elliot Weininger
We are grateful to the Russell Sage Foundation, Center for the Study of
Inequality and Poverty, Stanford University, the Center for the Advanced
Study of the Social Sciences, New York University, and University of
Maryland, for their generous support of the conference.
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Richard M. Carpiano, Ph.D., M.A., M.P.H.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholar
Department of Population Health Sciences
University of Wisconsin at Madison
707 WARF Office Bldg.
610 North Walnut Street
Madison, WI 53726-2397
P: 608-890-0200
F: 608-263-2820
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http://www.pophealth.wisc.edu/rwjscholars
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