Social Mobility and Political Attitudes: A Study of Intergenerational Mobility among Young British Men

Extreme Pessimists? Expected Socioeconomic Downward Mobility and the Political Attitudes of Young Adults

“…Similarly, the downwardly mobile in the UK showed a shift in party preferences towards Labour (Abramson 1972). Several other studies have reported a shift in party preferences and political attitudes towards the left among the downwardly mobile, while the upwardly mobile were reported to display more conservative political attitudes (Wilensky and Edwards 1959;Abramson and Books 1971;Martinussen 1992).…”

Social mobility and musical tastes: A reappraisal of the social meaning of taste eclecticism

“…Using Peter Blau's political acculturation model (Blau, 1956), a number of scholars claim that the political attitudes of socially mobile people tend to reflect a fairly balanced influence of their primary and secondary socialization. This leads to the development of attitudes somewhere in between those of their class of origin and class of destination (Abramson & Books, 1971;Jackman, 1972;Lopreato, 1967;Segal & Knoke, 1971;Thompson, 1971). In cultural matters, this ''intermediate pattern'' also appears more likely to occur than any strict realignment.…”

Social Class and Political Change in Western Europe

“…Lipset and Bendix (1964: 64-72) have argued that upwardly mobile persons are quick to accept conservative parties whereas downwardly mobile persons retain their conservative partisanship. However, some evidence (see Abramson and Books, 1971) suggests that among persons who have only recently entered the work force both the upwardly and downwardly mobile tend to retain the partisan values of their parents. 8.…”