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Ayse Güveli Ariana Need Nan Dirk de Graaf

Changing Class Structure in the Post-industrial N etherlands political orientation of the ‘new social classes’ between 1970-2000. Ayse Güveli Ariana Need Nan Dirk de Graaf University of Nijmegen ICS/Sociology A.Guveli@maw.kun.nl.

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Ayse Güveli Ariana Need Nan Dirk de Graaf

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  1. Changing Class Structure in the Post-industrial Netherlandspolitical orientation of the ‘new social classes’ between 1970-2000 Ayse Güveli Ariana Need Nan Dirk de Graaf University of NijmegenICS/SociologyA.Guveli@maw.kun.nl

  2. Class structures for men for six five-year periods in the Netherlands (1970-1999)

  3. Research Questions • To what extent is the EGP class-schema less applicable to the occupational structure of Dutch society, given the structural changes related to the transition from industrial to post-industrial society? • To what extent does the adjusted EGP class-schema predict people’s political orientation better than the EGP class-schema? • To what extent do the distinguished new classes become more effective to explain the differences (effect size) in people’s political orientation over time?

  4. Theories about post-industrial class structure • Employment relations - difficulty monitoring the work - specificity of human capital • ‘new class theory’ - technocrats and specialists - Controllers and social and cultural specialists • Materialists and Post-materialists • Economical and Cultural elites

  5. Adjusting EGP Class Schema • Difficulty of monitoring the work • Managerial versus social-cultural specialised knowledge based tasks • Manager: more than 9 subordinates

  6. Data • Data gathered between 1970 to 2000 from 18 surveys (N=32700) • ISCO Dependent variables • Left v. right voting behaviour • ‘New left’ v. right voting behaviour • ‘Old left’ v. right voting behaviour Independent variables • Standart EGP, adjusted EGP, education, sector of employment • Controlled for: age and gender

  7. Conclusion • The adjusted EGP class schema is substantially better to explain people’s political orientation • The distinguished ‘new social classes’ are more leftist than the ‘old classes’ • The low-grade social and cultural specialists have formed themselves as the most leftist social class over time (1970-2000) • People employed in public sector vote more for left-wing political parties

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