Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

A Level Sociology > 2.2 Weber & Marxists On Ethnic Inequality > Flashcards

2.2 Weber & Marxists On Ethnic Inequality Flashcards

You may prefer our related Brainscape-certified flashcards:
Sociology 101 flashcards
1
Q

Weber (Class) what is market situation?

A

Workers knowledge and skill

It affects wages

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Weber (Class) what is work situation?

A

Some workers having more control and autonomy

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Weber (Class) what are most whites people likely to have in comparison to EMs?

A

Higher market and work situation

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Weber (Status) what is it difficult for EM members to do?

A

Compete for jobs

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Weber (Status) what can social closure lead to?

A

Exclusion

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Weber (Status) what can middle class EM members experience? Give an example:

A

Discrimination and low status

Patients refusing to see Asian doctors

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Weber (Barron and Norris) what is the primary labour market?

A

Well paid secure jobs with good promotional prospects

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Weber (Barron and Norris) who dominate the primary labour market?

A

White men

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Weber (Barron and Norris) what is the secondary labour market?

A

Worst paid jobs
Poor conditions
Least security

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Weber (Barron and Norris) who dominate the secondary labour market and why?

A

Ethnic minority members

Due to low status

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

Weber (Barron and Norris) what do employers subscribe to?

A

Racist beliefs about the instability of ethnic minorities

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

Weber (Barron and Norris)how do employers discriminate against EM members?

A

Not employing them or denying them promotion

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Weber - Barron and Norris provide a useful insight into what?

A

Division of the labour market

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Weber (Barron and Norris) criticism - what do they not account for?

A

Success of ethnic minority members e.g. Wealthiest men in the U.K.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

Weber (Barron and Norris) criticism who do they ignore?

A

EM women

Who are mainly concentrated in the secondary labour market

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

Weber (Rex and Tomlinson) what effect does material disadvantage have on EMs?

A 
Cuts them off from white w/c
Form an underclass in poor housing and education
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

Weber (Rex and Tomlinson) the disadvantages of EMs were worsened by what?

A

Status inequality due to hostility

18
Q

Weber (Rex and Tomlinson) the EM members felt what?

A

Marginalised
Alienated
Frustrated

19
Q

Weber (Rex and Tomlinson) in capitalist societies who are the ultimate victims?

A

Underclass - where EMs are mainly concentrated

20
Q

Weber (Rex and Tomlinson) how would the new right criticise them?

A

Blame culture of ethnic minorities for the poverty they experience

21
Q

Weber (Rex and Tomlinson) what do they overemphasise?

A

Ethnic minority members as passive victims of racism

Chinese pupils are outperforming

22
Q

Marxism - what does immigration provide?

A

Cheap labour

Reserve army of labour

23
Q

Marxism what effect does immigration have on wages?

A

It drives them down

24
Q

Marxism (Cox) race is a what?

A

Human invention

25
Q

Marxism (Cox) what was early capitalism tied to?

A

Colonialism e.g. British empire and slavery

26
Q

Marxism (Cox) racism developed as a way to justify what?

A

Exploitation of the people in the colonies

27
Q

Marxism (Cox) if there was no capitalism, there would have been no what?

A

Racism

28
Q

Marxism (Cox) criticism - ideas are too simplistic as it is difficult to prove what?

A

Racism is a capitalist ideology

29
Q

Marxism (Cox) criticism - some argue cox is race blind why?

A

Didn’t treat race as important in its own right

Focused more on economic differences

30
Q

Marxism (miles) how does miles agree with cox?

A

He says racism was originally used to justify exploitation

31
Q

Marxism (miles) at the end of colonialism what was racism replaced with?

A

Nationalism

32
Q

Marxism (miles) how is the class position of ethnic minorities complicated?

A

By then being socially and culturally different from white society

33
Q

Marxism (miles) what are racialised class fractions the result of?

A

Ethnic minority groups setting themselves apart and overly stressing ethnicity
Prejudice and discrimination by whites

34
Q

Marxism (miles) what are m/c EM members often in and why?

A 
Lowest paid and status middle class jobs 
White middle class fail to accept then as having higher status
35
Q

Marxism (castles and Kosack) where are immigrants concentrated?

A

Low skilled and paid jobs or unemployed

36
Q

Marxism (castles and Kosack) what do immigrants provide that capitalism needs?

A

Reserve army of labour

37
Q

Marxism (castles and Kosack) what do immigrants reduce?

A

Wages and bargaining power

38
Q

Marxism (castles and Kosack) why does capitalism need a reserve army of labour?

A

Booms and busts of capitalism

39
Q

Marxism (castles and Kosack) what does divide and rule do?

A

Turns w/c against each other

Immigrants provide a scapegoat

40
Q

Marxism (castles and Kosack) criticism - ignore not all EM members are what?

A

Disadvantaged

5000 Muslim millionaires in britain

41
Q

Marxism (castles and Kosack) criticism - what does de industrialisation mean for immigrants?

A

Much tighter laws

They need higher skills to stay

A Level Sociology (90 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2024 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions