Icelanders' class consciousness following the economic collapse
The purpose of this paper is to tap Icelanders‘ class awareness in the wake of the 2008 economic collapse, using recent Icelandic survey data and 2005 World Values Survey data. The data are analyzed using a synthesis of Weber’s theory of class and reference group theory. Contrary to popular belief,...
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fticelandunivojs:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/3721 2023-11-12T04:19:14+01:00 Icelanders' class consciousness following the economic collapse Stéttavitund Íslendinga í kjölfar efnahagshruns Oddsson, Guðmundur Ævar 2023-10-13 application/pdf https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/tf/article/view/3721 isl ice School of Social Sciences https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/tf/article/view/3721/2314 https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/tf/article/view/3721 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 The Icelandic Society; Vol. 1 No. 1 (2010): Issue of 2010; 5-26 Íslenska þjóðfélagið; Bnd. 1 Nr. 1 (2010): Árshefti 2010; 5-26 Stéttavitund efnahagshrun þjóðfélagsstéttir stéttarstaða millistétt Class awarness economic collapse class position middle class Iceland info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Ritrýnd grein 2023 fticelandunivojs 2023-10-18T22:54:52Z The purpose of this paper is to tap Icelanders‘ class awareness in the wake of the 2008 economic collapse, using recent Icelandic survey data and 2005 World Values Survey data. The data are analyzed using a synthesis of Weber’s theory of class and reference group theory. Contrary to popular belief, Icelanders are class-aware. Most recognize and understand class terms, and are willing to assign themselves to a class. Icelanders also have fairly strong awareness of their class position, evidenced by a strong relationship between subjective class and economic class, on the one hand, and subjective class and class indicators, on the other. Consistent with reference group theory, a subjective middle class‘‘ tendency is revealed across the class structure. Icelanders also have more of a middle class‘‘ view of their class position and see it, on average, as higher than people in most other countries. Lastly, this article is meant to help reinvigorate class analysis in Iceland. Markmið þessarar greinar er að skoða stéttavitund Íslendinga í kjölfar efna[1]hagshrunsins haustið 2008. Gögnin sem liggja til grundvallar koma úr nýlegri íslenskri spurningakönnun og úr Alþjóðlegu lífsgildakönnuninni fyrir árið 2005. Gögnin eru greind út frá kenningu Max Webers um þjóðfélagsstéttir og kenningum um viðmiðunarhópa. Niðurstöðurnar benda til þess að stéttavitund á Íslandi sé töluvert mikil. Flestir kannast við stéttarheiti og eru fúsir til þess að segja til um hvaða þjóðfélagsstétt þeir tilheyra. Að sama skapi eru Íslendingar talsvert meðvitaðir um eigin stéttarstöðu. Þessu ber vitni sterk jákvæð fylgni huglægrar stéttarstöðu og efnahagsstéttar annars vegar og einstaklingstekna, heimilistekna og menntunar hins vegar. Í samræmi við kenningar um viðmiðunarhópa benda niðurstöðurnar til þess að Íslendingar hafi ríka tilhneigingu til að sjá sig í „millistétt―. Þá hafa Íslendingar meiri „millistéttarsýn― á eigin stéttarstöðu og sjá hana almennt hærra í stéttarkerfinu en flestar aðrar þjóðir. Loks er það ætlunar[1]verk þessarar greinar ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland University of Iceland: Peer Reviewed Journals |
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Stéttavitund efnahagshrun þjóðfélagsstéttir stéttarstaða millistétt Class awarness economic collapse class position middle class Iceland Oddsson, Guðmundur Ævar Icelanders' class consciousness following the economic collapse |
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The purpose of this paper is to tap Icelanders‘ class awareness in the wake of the 2008 economic collapse, using recent Icelandic survey data and 2005 World Values Survey data. The data are analyzed using a synthesis of Weber’s theory of class and reference group theory. Contrary to popular belief, Icelanders are class-aware. Most recognize and understand class terms, and are willing to assign themselves to a class. Icelanders also have fairly strong awareness of their class position, evidenced by a strong relationship between subjective class and economic class, on the one hand, and subjective class and class indicators, on the other. Consistent with reference group theory, a subjective middle class‘‘ tendency is revealed across the class structure. Icelanders also have more of a middle class‘‘ view of their class position and see it, on average, as higher than people in most other countries. Lastly, this article is meant to help reinvigorate class analysis in Iceland. Markmið þessarar greinar er að skoða stéttavitund Íslendinga í kjölfar efna[1]hagshrunsins haustið 2008. Gögnin sem liggja til grundvallar koma úr nýlegri íslenskri spurningakönnun og úr Alþjóðlegu lífsgildakönnuninni fyrir árið 2005. Gögnin eru greind út frá kenningu Max Webers um þjóðfélagsstéttir og kenningum um viðmiðunarhópa. Niðurstöðurnar benda til þess að stéttavitund á Íslandi sé töluvert mikil. Flestir kannast við stéttarheiti og eru fúsir til þess að segja til um hvaða þjóðfélagsstétt þeir tilheyra. Að sama skapi eru Íslendingar talsvert meðvitaðir um eigin stéttarstöðu. Þessu ber vitni sterk jákvæð fylgni huglægrar stéttarstöðu og efnahagsstéttar annars vegar og einstaklingstekna, heimilistekna og menntunar hins vegar. Í samræmi við kenningar um viðmiðunarhópa benda niðurstöðurnar til þess að Íslendingar hafi ríka tilhneigingu til að sjá sig í „millistétt―. Þá hafa Íslendingar meiri „millistéttarsýn― á eigin stéttarstöðu og sjá hana almennt hærra í stéttarkerfinu en flestar aðrar þjóðir. Loks er það ætlunar[1]verk þessarar greinar ... |
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Icelanders' class consciousness following the economic collapse |
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Icelanders' class consciousness following the economic collapse |
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Icelanders' class consciousness following the economic collapse |
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School of Social Sciences |
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The Icelandic Society; Vol. 1 No. 1 (2010): Issue of 2010; 5-26 Íslenska þjóðfélagið; Bnd. 1 Nr. 1 (2010): Árshefti 2010; 5-26 |
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