The Great Recession and Social Class Divides

Download or read book The Great Recession and Social Class Divides written by Miguel Moya and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 2017-03-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great Recession, the 2008 global economic decline, increased income inequality, inter-generational tensions, and anti-immigrant prejudices. This issue discusses social psychological effects of economic downturns on intergroup and interpersonal relations. Two lines of research converge on social-class inequality. The first explores how social-class membership influences interpersonal and intergroup processes: trust, deservingness, identity, educational attainment, stereotypes, ideologies, and group behaviors. The second line analyzes how the Great Recession has affected people's own lives and their psychological reactions, depending on their social class. The volume contributes to social psychological ideas about both social classes and the recession.