worst memorised bits

Question 1

how many people are paid below the minimum wage

Answer 1

5 million people

Question 2

how many use food banks

Answer 2

4 million people

Question 3

wadsworth

Answer 3

many people have 2 jobs to afford to live

Question 4

what is the life expectancy gap in london based on class?

Answer 4

25 year life expectancy gap

Question 5

Wilkinson and Pickett

Answer 5

working class people are more likely to die before retirement

Question 6

bann et al

Answer 6

working class children are more likely to be obese or overweight

Question 7

The top tenth percent of UK society owns…..

Answer 7

The top tenth percent of UK society owns 45% of all wealth

Question 8

durkheim on class ineqality

Answer 8

division of labor is functional as it provides incentive to work

Question 9

parsons on class inequality

Answer 9

society is stratified and meritocratic, class levels reflect individual effort and talent

Question 10

davis and moore on class inequality

Answer 10

school allows the most intelligent and capable students to be elicited for the hardest jobs

Question 11

criticisms of functionalist explanations of class inequalities

Answer 11

Exaggerates societal value consensus about rewards, eg not everyone is paid a high enough wage

Inherited wealth allows greater access into top roles, showing that stratification is not equally accessible

Not all functional jobs are highly paid

Question 12

criticisms of marxist explanations of class inequalities

Answer 12

accused of economic reductionism

the middle class experiences a lesser extent of inequality; however, they are still under bourgeois rule

Some workers are aware of their own inequality and that it is at the fault of the upper class

Question 13

bowles and gintis

Answer 13

the function of education is to legitimise the success of bourgeois children and teach working class children to accept failure

Question 14

critiques of weberian explanations of class inequality

Answer 14

Marxist: undervalues how economic position reflects inequality the most

too individualistic, ignores structural explanations

may reflect a middle-class bias

Question 15

hartmann on class inequality

Answer 15

capitalism benefits from compliant women who have been socialized into accepting their subordinate role. Dual systems of capitalism and patriarchy oppress women for the benefit of the bourgeoisie

Question 16

critiques of feminist explanations of class inequality

Answer 16

Hakim: feminists underestimate how some women choose to work part time

Some may argue that domestic work is not a result of capitalist exploitation

Males now equally contribute to domestic work, similarly women have become breadwinners

Question 17

saunders on class inequality

Answer 17

inequality provides an incentive to wider society to work hard as society is meritocratic

Question 17

young on the underclass

Answer 17

at least 50% of those born into disadvantage do not have disadvantaged outcomes

Question 18

heath on the underclass

Answer 18

80% of people on benefits say they would like a job

Question 19

greengross on ageism

Answer 19

the NHS is institutionally ageist, often ignoring the health problems of older people

Question 20

vincent on age inequality

Answer 20

older men and older women experience ageism differently, linking to status (weberian)

Question 20

craig and mindell

Answer 20

older women are more likely to have a health issue, however older men are more likely to lose social capital maintained in older women

Question 20

beauvoir on age inequality

Answer 20

older men face larger anomie as they are no longer breadwinners, however women experience it less as they continue with the domestic role with their grandchildren

Question 21

gannon on age inequalities

Answer 21

beauty standards are androcentric, as if ageing is negative

Question 21

how many bangladeshi/ pakistani women are unemployed in uk?

Answer 21

75% of Bangladeshi and 69% of Pakistani women who are eligible to work in the UK are unemployed

Question 21

gilroy

Answer 21

cultures are not fixed, they are fluid and diverse

Question 22

owen and green

Answer 22

the position of some ethnic minority groups, such as Indian and Chinese, are socially mobilizing

Question 23

peterson and rutherford

Answer 23

mainstream feminism does not account for how colonialism has instilled disproportionate racist and sexist discrimination towards women of color

Question 23

friedan on gender inequalities

Answer 23

both men and women have been socialized into believing that gender roles are beneficial and inevitable.

Question 24

marcal on gender inequalities

Answer 24

capitalism underestimates how essential female domestic labor is in the upholding of the economy

Question 25

sharpe on gender inequalities

Answer 25

90s study reveals that schoolgirls now prioritize educational and career success over marriage and motherhood

Question 26

how much more likely are men to be a skilled labourer or senior offical

Answer 26

Men are 10x more likely to be a skilled laborer or senior official

Question 27

hartnett

Answer 27

women face a tangible career disadvantage when they are pregnant, or are assumed to be open to it, known as the motherhood penalty

Question 28

what is triangulation

Answer 28

multiple methods used to validate conclusion of one aspect of a topic

Question 29

what is methodological pluralism

Answer 29

multiple methods used to expand understanding of many aspects of a topic