Joan C. Williams is Distinguished Professor of Law and Hastings Foundation Chair at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. Williams’s work includes What Works for Women at Work, coauthored with Rachel Dempsey (New York University Press, 2014); Unbending Gender: Why Family and Work Conflict and What To Do About It (Oxford University Press, 2000); and such widely read reports as “The Three Faces of Work-Family Conflict,” coauthored with Heather Boushey. Williams is frequently featured as an expert on social class. For more information, visit JoanCWilliams.com.
"her diagnosis of the problem is spot-on and consistently
thought-provoking." -- Bloomberg View"A wake-up call for the elite,
as well as an analysis of the state of the world." -- Fly BMI"One
of the essential tomes of the Trump era." -- Financial Times"White
Working Class should be read by every mopey, whining, delusional
Democrat still trying to figure out how the forecasters got the
presidential election so wrong." -- Barron’s"Written like a
Victorian explorer encountering unknown tribes on the Congo…
[Williams] charts the origins of Trump's appeal." -- The
Guardian"One of the strengths of Williams's book is the author's
willingness to call out such callousness and hypocrisy among her
fellow travelers… a quick read and a good-faith effort at cultural
and class introspection." -- The Washington Post"Dr. Williams,
distinguished law professor at the University of California,
clearly explains 'why so much of the elite's analysis of the white
working class is misguided, rooted in class cluelessness.'" --
Newsmax"In her book, a readable volume of just 180 pages … Williams
tackles issues from working-class resentment of the poor and
professionals, and apparently contradictory support of the rich, to
how elites gain self-worth from merit while the working class gains
self-worth from morality." -- The Australian"This book aims to help
American progressive forces better understand the white working
class, so as to bring this group back into a broad democratic
coalition. It is clearly and powerfully written and effective and
is a must-read for everyone wanting to bridge the cultural silos
that are now defining American politics." -- Michele Lamont,
President of the American Sociological Association and author of
The Dignity of Working Men"Williams's principal point--that the
privileged are too condescending toward the working class--is
surely correct. Her book will help some professionals think twice
about their attitudes and assumptions toward those who have less
money or especially less education." -- The New York Review of
Books"My book of the week is White Working Class by Joan Williams,
a very smart, caustic book that tries to understand the dynamic
behind Donald Trump's legions of supporters. The author tries to
explain to America's elites why the working class resents them,
professionals, who tell them how to live, work, get educated, eat,
dress and behave. It's tough love for a group that generally
doesn't get much pushback." -- Fareed Zakaria, CNN"American law
professor Joan Williams has just written a powerful book dissecting
these discontents, The White Working Class. Among her searing
insights is that class consciousness on the left has been replaced
by class cluelessness, even callousness." -- The Toronto Star"The
people Joan Williams describes are my people, for better or for
worse...buy her book, White Working Class. It's very practical." --
Rod Dreher, The American Conservative"Recommended reading: At least
a dozen good books have come out on why the white working class
turned so powerfully against Democrats…. The most insightful of
these include Joan Williams' White Working Class: Overcoming Class
Cluelessness in America ..." -- Robert Kuttner for NPR's Truth,
Politics and Power"Making an admirable and research-driven effort
to see things from the point of view of her subject, author
Williams unpacks exactly how the white working class (WWC) viewed
the election, and how their history-making choice made a lot of
sense given their concerns." -- New York Post"…will undoubtedly be
another best-selling book…" -- New York Magazine"Joan C. Williams
is on a post-Trump mission to explore the 'broken' relationship
between America's liberal elite and the white working class" — The
Financial TimesAdvance Praise for White Working Class:Anne-Marie
Slaughter, President and CEO, New America--
"Joan C. Williams has an uncanny knack for striking at the core of
complicated issues, first gender and now class. No one should have
an excuse for 'class cluelessness' after reading this book--and
everyone should read it."Arlie Russell Hochschild, Author,
Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American
Right--
"Joan C. Williams has written an urgently needed Men Are from Mars,
Women Are from Venus for the professional elite and the white
working class, only better. Each chapter illuminates a core source
of misunderstanding, and together they chart a way to bring the
country together without abandoning the values of the minorities in
the coalition. Read this highly important book and let's get to
it."Tony Schwartz, Author, The Way We're Working Isn't Working;
CEO, The Energy Project--
"In this blunt, compelling, tightly argued manifesto, Joan C.
Williams sets out to truly understand the white working class,
whose raw anger was so evident during the recent presidential race.
Williams provides deep insight into why the working class resents
the nonworking poor, and often admires the very rich; feels treated
unfairly by the government despite the services it provides; can't
easily move to cities where there are more jobs; and feels
increasingly demonized, displaced, and devalued by what she calls
the 'professional managerial elite.' I felt shame and gratitude
reading this book, and a new appreciation for the complexity of
people's lives."
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