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Working to Live or Living to Work?: Race, Class and the Politics of Work

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Work is a ubiquitous feature of life in modern American society. It structures people’s time in a way paralleled by little else. Yet, despite the universality of work, there are stark differences in work experiences across segments of the American populace. Specifically, race plays a defining role in structuring how people relate to work. Almost every imaginable indicator points to the distinctive experiences of African-Americans, Asian Americans and Latinos in the workplace. Job satisfaction, job authority, wages and much more vary along lines of race, generally to the disadvantage of people of color. What are the political implications of the differential ways racialized populations experience the workplace, its benefits and its disadvantages? In this paper, I use survey data and in-depth interview data to detail the association between work and politics. I focus on the perceptions and experiences of racially and economically marginalized people in the workplace and the consequences thereof for their political attitudes and actions. While previous research has explored the relationship between work and politics, none of it has done so with an eye toward the unique experiences of marginalized people.
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Celestine-Michener, Jamila. "Working to Live or Living to Work?: Race, Class and the Politics of Work" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association 67th Annual National Conference, The Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, IL, <Not Available>. 2009-11-11 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p361136_index.html>

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Celestine-Michener, J. D. "Working to Live or Living to Work?: Race, Class and the Politics of Work" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association 67th Annual National Conference, The Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, IL <Not Available>. 2009-11-11 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p361136_index.html

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Abstract: Work is a ubiquitous feature of life in modern American society. It structures people’s time in a way paralleled by little else. Yet, despite the universality of work, there are stark differences in work experiences across segments of the American populace. Specifically, race plays a defining role in structuring how people relate to work. Almost every imaginable indicator points to the distinctive experiences of African-Americans, Asian Americans and Latinos in the workplace. Job satisfaction, job authority, wages and much more vary along lines of race, generally to the disadvantage of people of color. What are the political implications of the differential ways racialized populations experience the workplace, its benefits and its disadvantages? In this paper, I use survey data and in-depth interview data to detail the association between work and politics. I focus on the perceptions and experiences of racially and economically marginalized people in the workplace and the consequences thereof for their political attitudes and actions. While previous research has explored the relationship between work and politics, none of it has done so with an eye toward the unique experiences of marginalized people.

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