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Research on economic socialization in the pre‐adult years is reviewed. Four interrelated categories are used to order the research: money, possessions, social differentiation and inequality, socioeconomic understanding. A number of theoretical issues are also examined. To conclude, major findings are summarized.

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The characteristics of manual working‐class Conservatives are examined. Inter‐generation downward mobility is shown to make a substantial contribution to working‐class Conservatism. The embourgeoisement, social pressure and deference explanations of working‐class Conservatism are critically reviewed. A survey is reported which was carried out to explore the organization of attitudes in the working class. A factor analysis of 69 variables constituting a questionnaire completed by 302 subjects produced differences between working‐class Conservative and Labour supporters which correspond fairly well with the patterning of attitudes in a complementary survey of white‐collar subjects. The deference explanation is re‐examined on the basis of these results. Lipset's analysis of working‐class authoritarianism is also commented upon.