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1
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summarise marxist view on age ineq

A

age helps capitalism

2
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how do youth help capitalism?

A

good technological skills, cheap labour

3
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how do elderly help capitalism?

A

offer free childcare

4
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what can youth and elderly be used as?

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reserve army of labour as don’t qualify for sick, holiday or pension pay (elderly)

5
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Phillipson claimed…

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elderly increase in reserve army of labour

6
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who found there was an increase in the elderly in the reserve army of labour?

A

Phillipson

7
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Gramsci found ______ _________…

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false consciousness where people don’t know they are being exploited

8
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who found political economy theory?

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townsend and phillipson

9
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townsend and phillipson found…

A

political economy theory

10
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what is political economy theory?

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elderly burden to economy, replaced by youth for profit

11
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elderly are _______ _______ by _______ _______ according o political economy theory

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institutionally marginalised through institutionalised dependency

12
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marxists have been criticised for assuming…

A

homogeneity

13
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what is homogeinity?

A

that we are all the same when we look at society

14
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what does marxism ignore?

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ignores wealth, gender, ethnicity

15
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are elderly marginalised in all industries?

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no e.g. elderly in high status jobs