Class

Question 1

Bourdieu

Answer 1

3 capitals- Cultural Capital, Social capital and the Economic capital

Question 2

MacIntosh and Mooney

Answer 2

upper class key feature is their invisibility they operate social closure- their education, leisure

Question 3

Blair

Answer 3

we are all “middle class now”

Question 4

Fox

Answer 4

looks at the middle middles, the lower middles and the upper middles

Question 5

Hutton

Answer 5

the working class identity has eroded- there has been a decline in the manufacturing sector and trade union

Question 6

Skeggs

Answer 6

looked at working class women- who felt humiliated about their class- they felt judged and dismissed due to their class status- made an effort to look respectable.

Question 7

Murray

Answer 7

overgenerous government spending on the underclass has lead to a dependency culture- whereby they are not taking any responsibility.

Question 8

Murray- Bulimic society

Answer 8

• believes that the underclass have created a bulimic society and blames them

Question 9

POMO

Answer 9

• you can be whoever you want to be

Question 10

Paluski and Waters

Answer 10

• we have moved from production to consumption

Question 11

Offe

Answer 11

• fewer people share a common experience in full time work- as there is no such thing as a lifetime job- we create our own identities regardless of our social class or qualifications.

Question 12

Marsh Et Al

Answer 12

• found that social class was strong- 90% of people could place themselves in a class with guidance as well as 75% who believed that they were born into a social class and so it was difficult to change .

Question 13

Savage Et Al

Answer 13

• few people saw Britain as a classless society- believed that class was a paradox.