Talking Politics

This study examines arguments presented by young working-class people, black and white, women and men in 1980s Britain about issues in the domain of the political. The issues examined are employment, unemployment, youth training schemes, democracy and voting, racism and marriage. Substantively, the study demonstrates the richness and depth of the way in which the interviewees discussed the above issues. It is epistemologically informed by social psychological, feminist and anti-racist frameworks.