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Beyond the American Dream: Testing the alleged system-justifying effect of making both social boundaries look permeable and those who advocate changes look like a threat (Towards a Model of Class Struggle)
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[eng] The ultimate aim of the present thesis is to further understand why people rebel (and why don´t). First of all, we carried out a profound review of the literature on system attitudes, mainly Social Dominance Theory, System Justification Theory, Social Identity Approach, and classical Marxism. It led us to devise two hypotheses that should not be extricated one from another: those worse-off individuals within a class-based hierarchy gravitate towards a more equal distribution of labour and resources (H1), whereas dominant-class practices mitigate, or reverse, such gravitation (H2). 5 empirical studies were carried out to test them. First, (1) we developed an instrument to capture willingness towards collective actions in a class-struggle context (2 validation studies; NTOTAL = 442). Second, (2) we tested if making people perceive high social mobility has system-justifying effects (2 survey experiments; NTOTAL = 449). Third, (3) we tested if making people perceive system-change advocates as a threat has system-justifying effects (1 survey experiment; N = 324). Our results, at large, supported our hypotheses. With respect to the first one, our low-income, low- status, and/or working-class participants were, on average, less pro-system oriented than their high- income, high-status, and/or dominant-class counterparts. With respect to the second hypothesis, our findings suggested that ideology can be shaped ―from outside‖ (though not always in the expected direction). In parallel to the foregoing, we developed a proposal for a comprehensive explanation of system attitudes. We named it Model of Class Struggle (MCS), and it proved useful to design research and to analyse findings. The main conclusion of the research process is that, in spite of social reality´s complexities, efforts towards a more objective approach are well worth. More specifically, for a better understanding of people´s beliefs, attitudes, and behaviours towards the system, greater attention to the economic foundations of society seems necessary.
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MORENO MONTERO, Fernando. Beyond the American Dream: Testing the alleged system-justifying effect of making both social boundaries look permeable and those who advocate changes look like a threat (Towards a Model of Class Struggle). [consulta: 29 de novembre de 2025]. [Disponible a: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/202899]