THE PROBLEM OF THE ‘OLD’ WORKING CLASS DEPRESSION ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE PRISM OF THE USA PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN 2016 AND 2020 Cover Image

THE PROBLEM OF THE ‘OLD’ WORKING CLASS DEPRESSION ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE PRISM OF THE USA PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN 2016 AND 2020
THE PROBLEM OF THE ‘OLD’ WORKING CLASS DEPRESSION ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE PRISM OF THE USA PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN 2016 AND 2020

Author(s): Slavejko Sasajkovski
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Economy, Political Theory, Political Sciences, Governance, Sociology, Labor relations, Economic policy, Government/Political systems, International relations/trade, Electoral systems, Welfare systems, Political economy, Politics and communication, Politics and society, History and theory of political science, Comparative politics, Social development, Social differentiation, Welfare services, Economic development, Fiscal Politics / Budgeting, Globalization, Socio-Economic Research, Politics and Identity
Published by: Institute for Research and European Studies - Bitola
Keywords: Digital Transformation of the Economy and Society; ‘Old’ Working Class; Capital in the XXI Century; America First; Democratic Socialism, Democratic Capitalism; Progressive Capitalism

Summary/Abstract: Digital economic and overall social transformation does not shape the future in an economic-sociological/socio-economic direction and with content that contributes as an important factor for raising the level of social integration and cohesion that is social capital. In reality, the economic-sociological/socio-economic problem of the ‘old’ working class, a working class that is not optimally involved in the structures of digital technology, economy and society, is imposed as a key problem. The most provocative expression of the significance of this class, in particular the American white working class, that ‘old’ white working class, is its impact on the outcome of the presidential election in the US in November 2016. The decisive factor for Trump's victory was the acquisition of an economically-sociologically/socially-economically disadvantaged or even depressed American white working class concentrated in several major states in the US West and the Midwest, which carry a large number of electors in the electoral college. Therefore, the primary goal of potential democratic presidential candidates is to take, that is, to restore this American white working class as its electorate. То this end, ideological and political variants of the concepts of democratic socialism (exclusively Bernie Sanders) and democratic capitalism (practically all other Democratic presidential candidates) are being created.

  • Issue Year: 6/2020
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 101-112
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: English
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