Middle/Upper Class Advantage Flashcards
Scott - workplace
The social closure exercised by the upper class ensures they have the highest concentration of wealth - e.g intermarriage , high culture and the old boys network
Waldfogel and Washbrook - workplace
Children from higher income backgrounds do significantly better on a range of early years outcomes in education
Milburn - workplace
‘Cosy club’ UKs top remain disproportionately held by people from a narrow range of backgrounds
Castells - media
The Information Age will be if it the ruling elites who will have control over the networks and the information that is generated
Cornford and Robins - media
The continuation of power being held by the few - the people who own and control the media are capitalists who want to make profits and ideologically control the masses
Boyle - media
media convergence- one device accesses different media / power of advertising causes capitalist ideas to be spread
Scott - education
The upper class pay for their children to attend private schools where a culture of privilege is instilled . Their hidden curriculum teaches values such as superiority, conservationism - old boys network
Ken way - education
At girls private schools , the girls were encouraged to develop high levels of self esteem by devaluing those girls who were state school
Becker - education
Argues that middle class pupils are labelled as the ideal pupil based on having smart uniforms , articulating themselves - teaches label them more positively than working class students leading their higher attainment in education
Graham and Bowling - crime
Middle class children are just as likely to be involved in crime but state it’s a case of who you know which helps people get out of trouble
Messerschmidt- crime
Middle classmates are more likely to commit white collar crime , rather than serious crimes such a as assault
