Respect, deference, respectability and place: What is the problem with/for working class boys? |
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| Authors: | Linda McDowell |
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| Institution: | School of Geography, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QY, United Kingdom |
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| Abstract: | The rise of the notion of ‘respect’ is a key part of the agenda for the third term of the British New Labour Government, first elected in 1997. Here I consider its relationship to and differentiate it from the idea of respectability - a term that has long been used to divide the working class - and consider the links between deference and respect. While the claim that working class youth, especially boys, are ‘disrespectful’ has a long history, I argue that the current focus on respect not only continues this association but also illustrates a deep ambivalence at the heart of the New Labour policy agenda, an uncertainty about the status of young people and a denial of their moral agency. Furthermore, there is a continuation in this agenda of a long-standing designation of certain areas in cities as places to avoid, associated with a disreputable working class population. |
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| Keywords: | Respect Deference Working class youth ASBOs Deprived areas Britain |
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