The notion of social class in Czech political discourse

Musilek, Karel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8315-6283 and Katrnak, Tomas 2015. The notion of social class in Czech political discourse. Sociologicky Casopis 51 (3) , pp. 387-416. 10.13060/00380288.2015.51.3.184

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Abstract

The article studies the discourse on social class that emerged around the Czech parliamentary election of 2010. The authors look at Czech discourse from the perspective of the wider discussion about the role that the notion of class plays in post-communist societies. While some researchers argue that social class is absent as a category within post-communist political discourse, other researchers report the existence of derogatory discourse on the lower classes and even consistent symbolic boundaries between classes. This analysis contributes to the discussion by offering recent evidence of both the rejection and the use of class-based classification in the discourse. The authors argue that the rejection of the notion of class goes hand in hand with the symbolic division of society into class-like groups. They illustrate how these divisions are tied to the idea of a legitimate political subjectivity and conclude by noting similarities to contemporary ‘Western’ discourse on social class.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Business (Including Economics)
ISSN:	0038-0288
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	28 February 2020
Last Modified:	07 Nov 2023 01:38
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/129411

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