Description: Based on data from an innovative experiment, this book presents a bold new theory that shows why American politics revolves around status differences, not class conflict.
Review Quotes: Compelling and timely, Politics and Privilege is a brilliant account of how status hierarchies shape American politics and guide political behavior, from worker unity to racial politics to political polarization. With a clever experimental research design and a fresh take on political theory, this book is an absolutely essential read for understanding contemporary politics, crises of U.S. democracy, and where we go from here.--Hajar Yazdiha, author of The Struggle for the People's King: How Politics Transforms the Memory of the Civil Rights Movement