Class Inequality: Weberian explanations of Class Inequality

Question 1

What are life chances?

Answer 1

The opportunities people have to improve their lives

Question 2

Why do Weberians argue class inequality is complex in relation to the amount of classes?

Answer 2

There are too many classes in society

Question 2

What are the 3 factors Weber say impact life chances?

Answer 2

Class, Status, Party

Question 3

How many classes did Weber argue there were in society?

Answer 3

4

Question 4

Who are the propertied upper class?

Answer 4

The wealthy big business owners

Question 5

Who are the propertyless white collar workers?

Answer 5

The people that are in high-paying jobs that require many qualifications

Question 6

What did Weber say will impact the class people are in?

Answer 6

Their market situation

Question 6

Who are the petty bourgeoisie?

Answer 6

The small business owners

Question 7

Who are the manual working class?

Answer 7

The people that take up jobs that require few qualifications

Question 8

What is market situation?

Answer 8

The amount of bargaining power an individual has to get a job

Question 9

Name 2 things that would give people a better market situation

Answer 9

Qualifications, Wealth

Question 10

What is the market situation for a cleaner?

Answer 10

They will have little bargaining power

Question 11

Why will cleaners have a poor market situation?

Answer 11

They are in a low status job

Question 12

Why would a doctor be part of the propertyless upper class?

Answer 12

It is a high paying job where you need lots of qualifications to get the job

Question 13

How many years of training does it take to become a doctor?

Answer 13

10 years

Question 14

What would Marxists say about the amount of classes Weberians believe there are?

Answer 14

It makes class inequality too complicated

Question 15

Which Marxist argued there are only 2 classes?

Answer 15

Marx

Question 16

What are the two classes according to Marx?

Answer 16

Proletariat, Bourgeoisie

Question 17

What do the Bourgeoisie want in society?

Answer 17

Want to keep exploiting the proletariat to make more profit

Question 18

What do the proletariat want in society?

Answer 18

They want to overthrow capitalism and create a classless society

Question 19

What does Marx argue is the only way to get rid of class inequality?

Answer 19

Have a revolution to overthrow capitalism

Question 20

What process do Weberians say makes class inequality embedded in society?

Answer 20

Social closure

Question 21

What does Weber say wealthier people will do in society with each other to protect their wealth?

Answer 21

They will create small communities for themselves

Question 22

What does Weber say about the ability for working class people to join the close-knit wealthy communities?

Answer 22

They will not be able to join them

Question 23

What process has occurred if wealthy people make their own exclusive communities?

Answer 23

Social closure

Question 24

Name a network of wealthy people that show wealthy social closure

Answer 24

The old boys network

Question 25

What does the old boys network consist of?

Answer 25

Wealthy upper class men who went to the best British private schools

Question 26

What do the old boys network help each other in doing?

Answer 26

Getting prestigious positions in society

Question 27

What did the Sutton Trust report show?

Answer 27

39% of people who went to private schools are in elite positions in society

Question 28

What do Functionalists argue about social closure for young people getting ready to get jobs?

Answer 28

It does not happen

Question 29

Which Functionalists said all young people will be allocated to the right roles when they become adults?

Answer 29

Davis and Moore

Question 30

What job would a student be more likely to get if they always did well in maths exams?

Answer 30

They would become an accountant

Question 31

What do Davis and Moore argue about people who get the highest paid roles in society?

Answer 31

They are qualified enough to get these roles

Question 32

What does Weber define parties as?

Answer 32

Groups that can influence decisions

Question 33

Name 2 political parties in Britain

Answer 33

Conservatives, Labour

Question 34

Name another type of party in Britain that is not strictly political

Answer 34

Trade unions

Question 35

What is the aim of many parties according to Weberians?

Answer 35

To help working class people

Question 36

What was the original intention for the formation of the Labour party in 1900?

Answer 36

It was to give working people a voice in Parliament

Question 37

Why might working class individuals join trade unions?

Answer 37

To try and improve their pay or working conditions

Question 38

Name an upper class party that has been formed with the word "Leader" in it

Answer 38

The Leader's Group

Question 39

What does The Leaders Group possibly do to equality in society?

Answer 39

Reduces inequality

Question 40

What do people in the Leaders Group have access to?

Answer 40

Have access to dinner with the Prime Minister and cabinet ministers

Question 41

What are members of the leaders group able to do in the meetings they have?

Answer 41

Influence policies being passed in their favour

Question 42

How much do Leaders Group members have to pay a year to be in the group?

Answer 42

£50,000 a year

Question 43

What would Postmodernists argue about Weberians believing parties can increase or reduce inequality?

Answer 43

It is outdated

Question 44

What form of society does Beck argue postmodern societies are in?

Answer 44

Risk societies

Question 45

What does Beck say risk societies mean?

Answer 45

Working class and upper class people face the same problems

Question 46

Name one environmental problem Beck would argue working class and upper class people face

Answer 46

Climate change

Question 47

What does Beck say is the class situation when people come to bring change due to new issues?

Answer 47

People come from a variety of classes

Question 48

Name an organisation that wants to create social change for Black people where individuals come from a variety of different class backgrounds

Answer 48

Black Lives Matter

Question 49

What do Weberians believe about social mobility?

Answer 49

There is social mobility but it is easier to access this if you are an upper class individual