A characteristic of the hegemonic political and media culture of the United States is the near invisibility of social class as a major determinant of power. Race and gender have finally started to ...

In 1958, sociologist August Hollingshead and psychiatrist Fritz Redlich wrote a pioneering book called Social Class and Mental Illness. They began the book with a memorable claim: "Americans prefer to ...

Meisenhelder's 1993 article argues that revolutions in the periphery can only come to fruition via a 'petty-bourgeois' leadership which then dissolves itself, and that the working class and peasants ...

The Burke Chair at CSIS is presenting a commentary by an affiliate of the organization. Dr. Munqith Dagher is an Iraqi expert and a Senior Associate with CSIS, whose biography is summarized below.