Book
Class, race, and political behaviour in urban Jamaica
University of the West Indies, Institute for Social and Economic Research • Mona, Jamaica • Published In 1973 • Pages:
By: Stone, Carl.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source investigates political attitudes and behavior in urban Jamaica. The author presents and analyzes the findings of a political opinion survey that was administered in urban Kingston and St. Andrew one year before the 1972 national elections. The author identifies links between social stratification and partisan conflict, developing the concept of multiple-class coalitions to analyze class-based political behavior. While a competitive two-party system is well entrenched in Jamaica, both parties had failed to solve the severe economic problems of the poor—especially the high rate of unemployment—resulting in political cynicism and alienation. The author suggests that this could lead to the establishment of a third party oriented toward the lower classes and black solidarity, or that unrest could lead to more radical movements.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Cultural identity and pride
- Occupational specialization
- Labor organization
- Ethnic stratification
- Classes
- Ingroup antagonisms
- Political behavior
- Ethnosociology
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Jamaicans
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Caribbean
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- EvaluationIn this alphanumeric code, the first part designates the type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on. The second part is a ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- Political Scientist-4,5
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Martin Malone ; 1976
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1971
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1938-1972
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Kingston, Jamaica; St Andrew parish, Jamaica
- NotesAdditional notes
- Carl Stone
- Footnotes appear at the end of each chapter. They have been zeroed out, marked only with a few bracketed categories, and may be found in Category 116, on pp. 6, 22-23, 32, 48, 68-69, 92-93, 117-118, 134, 158-159, and 173-174.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 184-186)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 74165516
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Social classes--Jamaica
- Jamaica--Politics and government
- Jamaica--Race relations