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The growth of New Social Movements is evidence of a post-industrial society in which traditional class struggle and political issues are no longer as important.
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The growth of New Social Movements is evidence of a post-industrial society in which traditional class struggle and political issues are no longer as important. Rationale The aim of my investigation is to see whether the society we now live in is the fragmented post-industrial society that is described by post-modern thinkers and whether the growth of New Social Movements is actually evidence of this fragmentation. I have chosen to study this area because of the low interest shown towards party politics at the 2001 General Election which had a turnout of just 59%. My first objective is to look into whether there has been a so-called death of class in voting behaviour. Traditionally, the working class were seen to vote Labour and the middle class conservative; this is often referred to as voting on class basis. Secondly, I am going to examine reasons for why there is disillusionment with the ability of the state...
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