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Beliefs about Poverty as a Form of Class Consciousness

Tue, 06/30/2009 - 5:39pm — Professor Shortell

Using material from the reader, explain how our perceptions of the poor and beliefs about poverty constitute a form of class consciousness. How is this related to social change? To what extent is scapegoating an explanation of why workers do not see themselves as a unified class?

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