Age Inequality

Question 1

Trends in the workplace

Answer 1

Get payed less
Less likely to get a job
Discriminated

Question 2

Institute for public policy research
Evidence of less likely to get a job
(Workplace trend)

Answer 2

868,000 out of work 16-24yr olds and 247,000 of them have been looking for work for more than a year
Mismatch in the types of jobs young people are training for and the types available eg 94,000 trained in beauty and hair and only 18,000 available

Question 3

Johnson
Evidence of young people les likely to get payed well
(Workplace trend)

Answer 3

Contributing to state pension disadvantages younger age groups as the young are unlikely to receive the same level of pay outs as older people now do

Question 4

IPSOS Mori survey
Evidence that they face discrimination in the workplace
(Workplace trend)

Answer 4

Interviews were carried out using CAPI, face to face in respondents homes
Found that 38% cited they had experienced age discrimination in the workplace

Question 5

Trend in politics -

Young people are less likely to be involved and old people better represented more likely to understand

Answer 5

Young people are less likely to be involved and old people better represented more likely to understand

Question 6

Evidence to support the political trend of Age inequality

Answer 6

Furlong and Cartmel found that ‘life tasks’ that engage the young eg passing exams going to uni getting a job are more important to them than political participation

Question 7

Trend in the media

Old and young

Answer 7

Young = deviant 
Old = stereotyped negatively

Question 8

Evidence to support media trend of age inequality

Answer 8

Pearson - young people are seen as folkmdevils in the media and moral panics are created around them
Biggs - feeble vague and forgetful
Willis - stubborn grumpy interfering

Question 9

Trends in crime

Answer 9

Young people are seen as trouble - more likely to be
Imprisoned
Young people more likely to be victims
Old people worried about crime but less likely to be victims

Question 10

Evidence to support young trends in crime on age inequality

Answer 10

Miller - concerns of working class lads
Hobbs - nocturnal economy
Merton - strain theory

Question 11

Miller - focus on working class lads

Answer 11

They are more likely to commit crime or deviance … smartness trouble, toughness, excitement, autonomy fate

Question 12

Hobbs - nocturnal economy

Answer 12

Young people are more likely to commit crime and be the victim as they are out and about at night more

Question 13

Merton strain theory

Answer 13

We are socialised to think that success is important. If we cannot meet this through legitimate means then we turn to illegitimate means eg crime . The young are less likely to have legitimate means of making money

Question 14

Functionalists view of age inequality

Answer 14

Age inequality serves a function.
It ensures that people fulfil the roles they are best suited to
Parsons, Eisenstadt, Cummings and Henry

Question 15

Parsons

Functionalists supportive study

Answer 15

Youth is a transitional bridge from childhood

transitional culture

Question 16

Eisenstadt

Functionalists supportive study

Answer 16

Function of the youth is to form clear relationships
Help you to learn how to work with others
As old people different age groups there are new roles that need to further cohesion in solidarity in society e.g. grandparents providing free childcare

Question 17

Cummings and Henry

Functionalists supportive study

Answer 17

Disengagement theory
As people age they become less able. It is mutually beneficial for the old to be relieved of some of the responsibilities and roles. It provides roles younger people may fulfil

Question 18

Marxist view on age inequality

Answer 18

Age and the quality of the product of capitalist society the young and Old do not contribute to capital society as much as they are scapegoated in the media. also benefits the owners to have cheap labour that is easy to hire and fire benefit from the old to provide free childcare so the adults can work

Question 19

Engels

Marxist supportive study

Answer 19

The reserve army of labour - some groups are used at boom times assecondary sources of labour
They are easy to hire and fire and will work zero hours contracts with no sick pay
The benefits Society to maintain inequality for these groups

Question 20

Phillipson

Marxist supportive study

Answer 20

Capitalism needs to continually renewed cyclist ensure a profit so as to have younger workers he may be more productive
The elderly are institutional imagine nice to meet you of the young to increase her activity and benefit capitalism

Question 21

Gramsci

Marxist supportive study

Answer 21

Legitimation of Authority – beautiful stars consciousness people don’t realise the expectation because they are given some concessions e.g. pension and child benefit these concessions for 13 results on the on the road not questioning that inequality in the workplace

Question 22

Feminist view of age inequality

Answer 22

Age inequality is tied to gender inequality – intersectionality
Eg old women have less power than old men - older women face inequalities the older men don’t

Question 23

Itzin

Feminist supportive study

Answer 23

Men’s status is directly related to employment
Women’s status is linked to their reproductive cycle. In a patriarchal society women status devalues after child bearing
Feel immense pressure to improve appearance - cosmeticisation

Question 24

Gender pay gap

Feminist supportive study

Answer 24

The average difference between random women’s aggregate hourly earnings. This means that all the women are materially deprived compare to older men

Question 25

Malala yousafzai

Feminist supportive study

Answer 25

Gender affects whether the young face inequality
Alana has campaigned for females to have equal access to education… This is one prime example of how young females will be more prone to inequality then young males

Question 26

New right view of age inequality

Answer 26

Politically economic theory that emotion 1980s emphasises the importance of the nuclear family reducing/eliminating benefits’ nanny state’ taking a harsh tone on crime believes a general quality serves a function
Links to meritocracy - functionalist

Question 27

Murray

New right supportive study

Answer 27

Because her return to traditional family values including compensating tomorrow before they have children father is taking responsibility for economically support nowise and children to play in employment and additional role of raising children rather than careers

Question 28

Iain Duncan Smith

New right supportive study

Answer 28

I suggested that pensioner should not receive universal benefits he stated that wealthy pensioners should not get benefits free TV licenses and bus passes

Question 29

Stephen Crabb

New right supportive study

Answer 29

Shortly after being appointed he outlined his views and Social Security every politician want to see welfare spending come down. That should be aspiration for all of us because what you’re saying is we are working to a society where there are few people: dependency a few people out of work and need intervention from the state

Question 30

Weberian view of age inequality

Answer 30

Do you want to last like to have skills in technology which could lead to loss of status Nana slightly to have a membership of private organisations because this can often be linked to the workplace and younger less involved in politics and less likely to membership of powerful organisations to have a lack of experience and so may have low status

Question 31

Turner

Weberian supportive study

Answer 31

Status is important in age inequality depending on the type of society age can be high or low and western society status is given to those with material goods the old and young are less likely to have these native American cultures elders are respected for having wisdom and life experience

Question 32

Having hurst

Weberian supportive study

Answer 32

Activity theory - Decide disengagement theory said that maintains social interaction and old-age can reduce negative experience of ageing e.g. looking after grandchildren increasing status as they have a role

Question 33

Parkin

Weberian supportive study

Answer 33

Negatively privilege status groups lack of status because they don’t have the same privileges sometimes the older segregated and so prevent from gaining status retirement portrayed in the media

Question 34

Furlong and cartel

Weberian supportive study

Answer 34

Young people are less involved in politics are focused on life tasks

Question 35

Interactionalist theory of age inequality

Answer 35

Society is created through labels that people actually do things we label groups in society and these labels of stereotypes are reinforced through the media are the agents of socialisation due to labelling we treat each other in different ways this can lead to accepting their labels and living up to it

Question 36

Studies to support interactionalist theory

Answer 36

Biggs Willis Landis Pearson Malik Warren Osegerby

Question 37

Postmodernists view of age inequality

Answer 37

How do you because he’s not experience is the same way across all people in a global media saturated society we can pick and choose who we want to be, if we are old but we want to act young we can

Question 38

Malik

Postmodernist supportive study

Answer 38

There’s been a shift away from now I need a stereotypes of the old has been grumpy towards more varied images of young in Altrincham leisure pursuits
E.g. other people and young people into BT add

Question 39

Laczko and phillipson

Postmodernist supportive study

Answer 39

Research the early retirement and found that the inequality face by some elderly people is due to health and ageing and self
Old age can be a positive time of life

Question 40

Powell and Biggs

Postmodernist supportive study

Answer 40

Not all people grow old gracefully; some fighting with the use of the technology and cosmetic surgery. This allows them to continually recreate themselves
E.g. Madonna, Cher , Jackie Stallone