Politics and the Class Divide: Working People and the Middle Class Left Book

	Preface
	Acknowledgments
	Introduction: Different Worlds
Pt. 1	Democracy, Social Movements, and Class
1	The Promise of Democracy	3
2	The Changing Face of Social Movements	14
3	Class and Politics	37
Pt. 2	Class, Culture, and Political Participation
4	"It's Just Politics": Politicians and the System	53
5	"It Doesn't Make a Difference": The Absence of Efficacy	72
6	"People Really Don't Think About It": Interest and Motivations	102
7	"People Have Got Their Hands Full": Material Resources and Constraint	126
8	"They're Speaking the Same Language": Cultural Resources	137
9	"It Takes a Special Kind of Person": Knowledge	148
10	"You Do Your Work, You Pay Your Bills... You Hope It All Turns Out Okay": Politics, Work, and the Private Citizen	169
11	Class Diversity and the Future of Social Movements	191
	Appendix 1: Class: Structure and Collective Action	221
	Appendix 2: The Concept of Culture	236
	Appendix 3: Methods	245
	Notes	254
	References	262
	Index	275