A Decline in the Social Status of the Working Class? Conflicting Evidence for 8 Western Countries, 1987–2017

The consensus view among political scientists is that the subjective social status of low-skilled workers has declined over last decades, and this loss working class seen as contributing to rise radical right. We examine micro-foundation claim by tracing evolution for different classes in Europe US. use all available survey rounds International Social Survey Programme 1987–2017 replicate findings with European 2002–2016. While unskilled perceive their be lower than members middle everywhere, we find no relative or absolute fall time. Unskilled were at bottom hierarchy 1990s 2010s. Our throw doubt on narrative sees workers’ falling a prominent driver behind