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Author:
Karlsson, Lena (Umeå University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology)
Title:
Klasstillhörighetens subjektiva dimension: klassidentitet, sociala attityder och fritidsvanor
Alternative title (en) :
The Subjective Dimension of Class: Class Identity, Social Attitudes and Leisure Habits
Department:
Umeå University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology
Publication type:
Doctoral thesis, monograph (Other academic)
Language:
Swedish
Place of publ.: Umeå Publisher: Umeå universitet
Distributor:
Sociologi, 90187, Umeå
Pages:
213
Series:
Akademiska avhandlingar vid Sociologiska institutionen, Umeå universitet, ISSN 1104-2508; 40
Year of publ.:
2005
URI:
urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-531
Permanent link:
http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-531
ISBN:
91-7305-892-0
Subject category:
Sociology
SVEP category:
Sociology
Research subject:
Sociology
Keywords(en) :
Sociology, class, class identity, social attitudes, leisure habits, highbrow culture, Sweden
Keywords(sv) :
Sociologi
Abstract(en) :

The main objective of this dissertation is to study the subjective class identification and the importance of this identification for social attitudes and leisure habits. Class identification is a significant, yet often neglected, area of research in the study of social class and stratification. The aim of this thesis has been to explore in what way the Swedish citizens perceive their own place in the structure of stratification. This thesis is based on three Swedish surveys, collected between 1993 and 2000. The results show that a vast majority of the citizens think that Sweden is still a class society and can place themselves in this structure. The most important sources for this identification are the objective class position and the class position of the father during childhood and adolescence. Identification with the working class is to a higher extent connected with a view that the differences in living conditions are too high, that the differences in the possibility to advance in the Swedish society are unequal and that the gap in income should decrease. This standpoint is nearly as common for people who identify with the working class irrespective of a socialistic or non- socialistic position. The results also show that class identification is related to the level of participation in different leisure activities. Identification with the middle class is connected with a higher degree of participation in a variety of activities, especially in highbrow culture such as theatre and opera. In the conclusion it is discussed that the relevance of class identification in the future is highly dependent on how class in the political and ideological sphere is formulated and attached with different attitudes, and if class is expressed as a positive source in the construction of the social identity.

Public defence:
2005-06-02, Hörsal F, Samhällsvetarhuset, Umeå universitet, Umeå, 10:00 (English)
Degree:
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Supervisor:
Cigéhn, Göran, FD (Umeå University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology)
Opponent:
Tåhlin, Michael, Professor (Institutet för social forskning (SOFI), Stockholm)
Available from:
2005-05-08
Created:
2005-05-08
Last updated:
2009-11-25
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