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.
Abstract
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.
- Subjects
- Cultural identity and pride
- Occupational specialization
- Labor organization
- Ethnic stratification
- Classes
- Ingroup antagonisms
- Political behavior
- Ethnosociology
- culture
- Jamaicans
- Region
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub Region
- Caribbean
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Political Scientist-4,5
- Analyst
- Martin Malone ; 1976
- Field Date
- 1971
- Coverage Date
- 1938-1972
- Coverage Place
- Kingston, Jamaica; St Andrew parish, Jamaica
- 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)
- LCCN
- 74165516
- LCSH
- Social classes--Jamaica
- Jamaica--Politics and government
- Jamaica--Race relations