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Weber- Privileged workers…

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Tend to be in higher skilled occupations

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Weber- Less skilled…

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= less bargaining power

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More senior staff get

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  • Flexible hours
  • Financial rewards
  • Opportunities for advancement
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How many people in low wage jobs fail to escape low pay in 10 years?

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5 in 6

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Hartmann (1979)

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Argues that capitalism benefits from compliant women who have been socialised to accept their place in society

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Braverman (1979

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Believes middle class workers have been ‘deskilled’

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Reay (2017)

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Argues that there has never been equality of opportunity in the UK education system- more segregation and polarisation

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Bottero (2005)

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People of working class status more likely to work in dangerous jobs with hazards

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Marmot et al (1991)

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Lower occupational hierarchy= worse health

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Phal (1993)

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Found that women are economically disadvantaged in the home due to male position of authority- manage income

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postcode lottery

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Life chances- schools, employment, opportunities and facilities

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Savage and Egerton

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More upward social mobility into intermediate class

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What did Savage and Egerton find about the intermediate class?

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If you were born into the intermediate class you are 2x as likely to end up there

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Tumin

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Criticised Davis and Moore- every job is important and has value

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Saunders

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Everyone has the right to legal equality and opportunity

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Murray

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Dependency culture

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Gramsci

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Ruling class rule through persuasion

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How many people in Britain are paid below the ‘real’ living wage?

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5 million

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How big is the class pay gap?

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17% (Social Mobility Commission)

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How many times more likely is someone from an advantaged background going to end up in a professional job?

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2.5x

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What % of the elite group were privately educated?

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39%

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What % of senior judges were privately educated?

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65%

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In 2019 __% of disadvantaged young people left school without English or Maths GCSE

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50%

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__% of households suffering

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33%

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How many people fail to escape insecure work in 10 years?
5 in 6
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How many people referred to food banks in 2020 were destitute ?
95%
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In London, what is the life expectancy gap between the rich and the poor?
25 years
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Kelly 2001
55% of the lowest earners showed no movement in terms of social mobility in the 1990s
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Murray
Underclass lazy and feckless- welfare dependency, poor socialisation, crime and high birth rates
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Sewell
Everyone has the right to legal equality | A society based on equality is only possible through threat of death
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New Right on social class (2)
Sewell, Murray
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Feminist on social class
Abbott
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Abbott
Criticised Goldthorpe's study of social mobility for excluding women
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Marxist on social class (3)
Marx, Westergaard and Resler, Althusser
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Marx
Social class inequalities arise from the bourgeoisie exploiting the proletariat
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People who hold more wealth...
hold more political influence as their wealth can be invested into things such as land and property
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Westergaard and Resler
No evidence that social class differences are declining
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Neo-Marxists on social class (1)
Gramsci
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Gramsci
Hegemony explains why the working classes have not risen up
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Postmod on social class (2)
Beck, Paluski and Walters
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Beck
People now have the money to afford a basic necessities- biggest threat is the 'risk society'
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___ in __ Oxbridge students consider themselves working class
1 in 10
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What % of the population hold no wealth at all?
10%
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Althusser
Meritocracy is a myth
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Paluski and Walters
People are stratified by culture rather than by class
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Durkheim
Dual labour market is functional as it ensures people get rewarded according to their value in society
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Functionalists on social class (3)
Parsons, Durkheim, Davis and Moore
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Capitalism benefits from compliant women who have been socialised to accept their place in society
Hartmann
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There has never been equality of opportunity in UK education- segregation and polarisation
Reay
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Working classes more likely to work in dangerous jobs with hazards
Bottero
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Lower occupational hierarchy= worse health
Marmot
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Women are economically disadvantaged in the home- male position of authority manages income
Phal
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Born into the intermediate class = 2x as likely to end up there
Savage and Egerton
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Everyone has the right to legal freedom and opportunity
Saunders
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55% of the lowest earners showed no social mobility in the 90s
Kelly
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No evidence that social class inequalities are disappearing
Westergaard and Resler
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People now have the money to afford material items
Beck
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Meritocracy is a myth
Althusser
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People are stratified by culture rather than class
Paluski and Waters
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People are stratified by culture rather than class
Paluski and Waters
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Dual labour market is functional as it ensures people get rewarded according to value
Durkheim

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