Class and Recognition

The main question of the paper is how far redistributive inequalities threaten the normative integration of society? Redistributive inequalities will be approached here in class terms, while the problem of social integration is conceived by relying on the concept of recognition. Based on the Hungarian component of the 2013 EU-SILC survey that contained a thematic module on subjective well-being the paper analyses the relationship of recognition and social class with statistical tools. The following questions will be raised: To what extent social recognition is shaped by social class? How members of different classes feel they are recognised by others and how different social classes are recognised? Are there classes that are highly inconsistent regarding their social recognition? What coalitions of social classes can be identified in terms of social recognition? Are there classes the mutually upgrade or downgrade each others?