Social Class Inequality Flashcards
(5 cards)
Life chances definition Weber:
Weber defines life chances to explain how members of a society have better opportunities than others in achieving things in life which are ______. Weber argues that life chances are linked to a _____/______/_______. Greater opportunities means that you will have a high social class background. This has an effect on _____/____-, and ______/_____ because those at the top will have a better experience of education, health, _____/_______ and ______/________/________.
Desirable, Social Class Background, Life chances, social capital, Social mobility, criminal justice system
Social class inequality in Workplace:
• The Sutton Trust found that _% of the UK is private-schooled, but over __ of all elected MP’s are also private-schooled, which shows that those with better education are more likely to obtain a better well-paid job
• _____found that attending private schools, such as ______/_______ leads to easier entry into elite job positions
• _______ found that working class people face _______ when competing for jobs, which emphasises the role of ______ and ______/______
• _____ found that there’s a ‘myth of ______’ as he argues that working class people are more likely to get working class jobs which are _____.
9, 50, Mooney, Oxbridge Universities, Bourdieu, Discrimination, cultural, Social Capital, Willis, meritocracy, Underpaid
Social Class Inequality in Education
• The Sutton Trust found that students from a working-class background are ____ likely to achieve better grades, compared to _____ class students
• The Sutton Trust found that working class peers are _____ likely than the middle class to ____ behind in lessons and be in lower sets, with lower ____ and _____ skills.
• The Sutton Trust also found that __% of bright working-class boys and __% of bright working-class girls are more likely to underachieve at GCSE’s compared to the middle class, simply because they’re disadvantaged
• The Sutton Trust found that _% of the UK is private-schooled, but __% of all elected MP’s were private-schooled. This shows that those with better education are more likely to have better life chances.
• The Sutton Trust found that during _____, working-class students were more likely to fall behind in class, compared to the middle-class students, because of the fact that they couldn’t ____ devices for home learning.
Less, Middle, more, fall, reading, writing, 26, 24, 7, 50, COVID-19, afford
Social Class inequality in Health
• The ONS found that working-class are more likely to ___ faster than the middle class.
• ________ argues that working-class are more likely to die before the ______/____ than the middle class, due to occupation causes, such as ____ and _____/_____.
• The ___ reported that there is a __-year life-expectancy gap between the middle class and the working class.
• The ONS reported that people living in deprived areas were expected to live for __ years in good health before being diagnosed with something. However, the middle and upper class were more likely to live in __+ years good health.
• The Social Mobility ______ ___ found that __% of UK adults think the COVID-19 pandemic has increased mental health problems
die, Wilkinson, retirement age, stress, heart attacks, ONS, 25, 60, 70, Barometer 2021, 55
Social Class Inequality in Criminal justice system
• ______ found that the police are more likely to label youths as ‘criminals’ based on their social class background.
• ____ found that __% of all crimes are more likely to occur in ______ areas, consisting of working-class people.
• Miller argues that working-class youths have ‘_____/______’, which ______ them to take part in criminal behaviour
• New Right Theorist _____ argues that the under-class is __ times more criminal than the rest of society, as they are not ______ into the mainstream norms and values of the wider society.
Cicourel, CSEW, 80, deprived, focal concerns, encourages, Murray, 20, socialised
