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is likely to become a conservative socio-political identity in that, once established, its members would be keen to protect and enhance their privileged position.

Goldthorpe, as was noted earlier, argued that the middle class would increasingly adopt a conservative socio-political identity in that, once established, its members would be keen to protect and enhance their privileged position. In contrast Lash and Urry (1987) argued that the middle class would be a radical force for social change in disorganised capitalist societies.

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