CLASS INEQUALITY Flashcards
NEW RIGHT
Murray
Underclass
The culture of dependancy
Drain taxpayers + poorly socialise children
NEW RIGHT
Saunders
Degree of inequality is needed in order for people to compete
Middle-class children are more able + intelligent so deserve to do better than working-class children
EVAL OF FUNCTIONALISM
Tumin
Is it possible to determine the functional importance of a position
Davis + Moore assume only a small number of people have talent to perform top jobs
Not everyone can have same life chances
FUNCTIONALISM
Davis + Moore
Social stratifacation
- allocates right people to most important roles
- performs to highest standard
Positions are most important
-functional uniqueness - only few people are able to carry role
FUNCTIONALISM
Parsons
Some individuals are better than others
Executives + business folk deserve the highest rewards as they run society smoothly
MARXISM
NEO-MARXIST
Althusser
Education persuades children to accept their place in the capitalist system
Makes inequality seem fair + legit
Teaches capitalism is normal + natural
MARXISM
Class Conflict
Workers for bourgeoise are exploited by employers
Problems that will lead to the downfall:
-Polarisation of social classes
divide between social classes divides
-Alienation
workers wont find satisfaction cos of lack of control and encouraged to find satisfaction in consumer goods
-Economic crisis
A crisis will lead to collapse of whole capitalist system
MARXISM
Overthrow of Capitalism
Working class have potential to overthrow capitalism as workers have majority
Are stopped by false class consiousness
Communism would replace capitalism + the means of production are shared
WEBERIAN
Weber
Power comes from class, party + status
Power is determined by life chances
WEBERIAN
Class
Occupation
Market situation - everyone has an income difference
Work situation - security of job
WEBERIAN
Party
Rise of social movements
e.g. #metoo
WEBERIAN
Goldthorpe
Social mobility
FEMINISM
Abbott
Goldthorpes study ignores women
-women’s work experiences are different to men’s
Have less chance of reaching top jobs
- glass ceiling
- pay gap
POSTMODERNISM
EVALUTE
Beck
Risk society
-central problem of society is no longer the distribution of wealth but the managing of risks assossiated with science + tech
POSTMODERNISM
EVALUATE
Pakulski + Waters
Class isn’t relevant
People are stratified by cultural differences rather than economic differences
