social class and identity Flashcards
social class
affects the economic circumstances of an individuals upbringing and related issues such as housing, health and school
bourdieu
class fractions are determined by varying degrees of capital
bourdieu - cultural capital
the knowledge, attitude, skills, education and advanatages that a person has
bourdieu - economic capital
cash and assest
bourdieu - social capital
group membership, relationships and networks of influence
the dominant class power
share which attributes are valued and can possess the highest status of capital
upper class - mooney
invisibility - upper class oeprate in social closure
activities are exclusive such as high culture
middle class
associated with those who ahve porfessional or managerial careers
middle class - fox
upper, middle and lower middle class highlights the differenec within the one class
working class - hutton
decline in trade union memberships and the manufacturing secotrs has eroded the working class identity
working class identity
romanticised as hardworking which many claim as their identity - who have middle class education, career and income
working class - skeggs
women felt humiliated by the ways higher positions judged and dismissed them due to their working class background
underclass
term used to highlight the social exclusion felt by those at the bottom of the socio economic society
underclass - murray
over generous benefits are encouraging people to develop a dependant culture
- governments are concerned that young people arnt in education or employment
changing class identities - pakulski and waters
shift from production to consumption in defenitions of identities (consumer culture)
