Volume III · Managed Decline
The Plate They Deny
Research preview · manuscript under review
Examines deindustrialization, racialized welfare narratives, and the fragmentation of working-class political interests.
Research programme: Siddhartha Harsh Wardhan · Preview updated
The research question
How do welfare narratives influence cooperation among people facing economic insecurity?
How it connects to Volume III
Connects deindustrialization and social provision to the language through which political interests are formed.
Evidence and limits
Compare narrative content with policy design and audience responses. Claims about racialized framing require contextual evidence and cannot establish the motives of all speakers or voters.
Continue the inquiry
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