classlessness 40 mark

Question 1

overall layout

Answer 1

for-blurred-postmodernists-new egalitarian/divisions

against-sense of class/life chances

Question 2

consumption cleavages cut across class boundaires

Answer 2

dunleavy

Question 3

saunders

Answer 3

social and economic cleavage divisions

Question 4

class is being eroded by consumption

Answer 4

clarke

Question 5

hutton

Answer 5

bottom 30% are materially disadvantaged

Question 6

pakulski and waters …

Answer 6

consumption is more imp than class/ emission and western only ranked 9th

Question 7

lee and turner

Answer 7

class is weak today

Question 8

savage

Answer 8

class is still imp but weakened, most will recognise class but not place them

Question 9

pahl

Answer 9

consumption cleavages are weak and stem from occupation which is class based

Question 10

giddens and diamond

Answer 10

egalitarians who believe society is meritocratic and everyone has chance to unlock talents- demotivated by ws

Question 11

individualism means that…

Answer 11

young people cant be grouped as different experiences

Question 12

labour

Answer 12

have failed to rescue wc from capitalism

Question 13

new traditionalists

Answer 13

roberts/young/sutton trust
eval of giddens and diamond as life chances are class bound and wc have little chance

Question 14

new divisions BUT

Answer 14

age, gender, ethnicity
BUT westergaard- run along class boundaries

Question 15

ONS

Answer 15

classification is still valid and widely used

Question 16

marshall

Answer 16

90% places themselves in class when prompted BUT methodology biased

Question 17

young

Answer 17

strong sense of class

Question 18

class is the most common and most significant identity

Answer 18

devine

Question 19

butadonis and pollard/westergaard

Answer 19

society is more segregated than ever/boundaries are hardening