age

Question 1

explanation 1

Answer 1

a persons societal position is based on a combination of their class, status and party- age directly influences a persons social class

Question 2

a persons societal position is based on a combination of their class, status and party- age directly influences a persons social class

Answer 2

weber

Question 3

a persons societal position is based on a combination of their class, status and party- age directly influences a persons social class (weber)

Answer 3

• in order to understand someones social position and the complex nature of inequality you need to look at three parts of their social life:
• class, party, status
• all the people within each class position share broadly similar life chances and defined social classes as cultures of occupations with similar life chances and patterns of mobility
• both the young and elderly lose status because pf their age
• young people lack the power to make changes in their soceity as they lack party
• social class is affected by market position which is linked to qualifications which young people may lack therefore means that they will have lower market position
• age is an important source of status associated with social class
• ageism is a reflection of a lack of status by both groups
• this is based on their poor social class position (market position)
  e.g. older people may lack technological skills needed to maintain employment within a contemporary society

Question 4

explanation 2

Answer 4

the young and some elderly groups are more likely to hold lower positions within the market place

Question 5

the young and some elderly groups are more likely to hold lower positions within the market place

Answer 5

barron and norris

Question 6

the young and some elderly groups are more likely to hold lower positions within the market place (barron and norris)

Answer 6

• there is a dual labour market which can be used to explain employment patterns of the youth:
• primary labour market: older
• secondary labour market: young
• young people are 5.9x likely to be in 0-hour contracts

Question 7

explanation 3

Answer 7

some age groups face a lower status in society due to their market position

Question 8

some age groups face a lower status in society due to their market position

Answer 8

parkin

Question 9

some age groups face a lower status in society due to their market position (Parkin)

Answer 9

• ethnic groups are negatively privileged status groups
• young and the elderly can be seen as being kept out of privileged status groups by social segregation
• the elderly are often segregated in the media through invisibility from proposition portrayals in employment, through retirement and even in living arrangements often in care homes.
• the youth are kept out of privilege status groups by social segregation
• they are socially segregated in the media

Question 10

explanation 4

Answer 10

Age may be a factor that brings high or low status depending on the key values of a society and impacts involvement in politics

Question 11

Age may be a factor that brings high or low status depending on the key values of a society and impacts involvement in politics

Answer 11

turner

Question 12

Age may be a factor that brings high or low status depending on the key values of a society and impacts involvement in politics (turner)

Answer 12

• exchange theory: age discrimination is the best understood in terms of status
• in western societies both the elderly and the young become stigmatised due to not having what it takes to gain high status (do not control social resources and therefore suffer low status)
• high status is given to those who hold material goods so both the young and the elderly are least likely to have material goods so they are more likely to have low statuses
• reciprocity-maturation curve of aging: if groups are dependent, they have low statuses
• inequality is not only about economic capital, but due to the values of a society
• age may be a factor that brings high or low status dependent on the key values of society.
• youths and the elderly lack party e.g. youths are unable to vote and therefore lack political power
• give and take theory

Question 13

give and take theory

Answer 13

• turner
• people form relationships or interact with others because they expect something in return
• human interactions are like exchanges
• maximising benefits, people try to get as much as they can out of their interactions whist giving as little as possible in return
• costs and rewards: every interaction has costs and rewards, if rewards outweigh the costs, you’re likely to continue the relationship