Changes In Class Structure

Question 1

What is globalisation?

Answer 1

• the world becoming increasingly interconnected, so that national boundaries become less important
• improvements in transport and enable people , and info to move between countries
• as a result, some corporations/ large companies, now operate in more than one country- transnational corporations

Question 2

What the transnational capitalist class?

Answer 2

• globalisation has produce a new global elite, dominant class
  -a class-in-itself and for-it-self
  -can be divided into 4 main fractions:
• owners and controllers of TNCs, politicians, globalising professionals, consumerist elites
• share similar lifestyles- patterns of higher education, seek to protect their interests through global organisations such as the world bank
  -these organisations allows TCC’s to ‘offer-shore’- moving resources, practices, peoples and monies from one national territory to another by hiding them within secrecy jurisdictions (country keeps Money secret) Switz as they move through routes wholly or partly hidden from view

Question 4

What is the difference between TCC and TNC?

Answer 4

TCC- a global class of capitalist with power and influence across nations

TNC- a corporation that operates in multiple countries

Question 5

What are the main impacts on the uk class structure?

Answer 5

Growth in the very rich- TCC

Decline work in manufacturing and heavy industry sectors, miserably

Question 6

What is the difference between the precariat and the underclass?

Answer 6

Standing coined- Precariat- growing more as workers are ‘precariatised’ - expected life of unstable employment , insecure, unstable labour/ self employed/ part time
- in GBCS- bottom group - ‘the most deprived group of all’ - sanding disagrees, says underclass is at the bottom of the class structure

• underclass- not a large group, consists of ‘sad people lingering in the streets, dying - poor and disadvantaged

Question 7

Explain standings explanation of the Salariat and technical middle class?

Answer 7

Salariat- group of higher executives, run companies, 15% MC occupations, lifestyle revolves around Nannie’s, and servants, private education , live in gated communities, more in common with elite

The technical middle class- ‘wired workers’ new professionals who are as productive as entire offices of routine non-manual workers because of their use of technology- spend most days behind computers - working in hierarchal settings