Explaining Social Class Inequalities: Postmodernism

Question 1

Postmodernism:

Answer 1

argue that class is losing its significance in contemporary society and this arguing that Marx’s theories aren’t relevant anymore

Question 2

Pakulski and Waters (1996)

Answer 2

argue that in advanced capitalist societies, people are now stratified by cultural differences rather than economic, so people tend to group themselves based on symbolic values

Question 3

Beck (1992)

Answer 3

argues that the class conflicts of early industrial societies concerned the distribution of wealt, reflecting the fact that many people suffered from poverty and lack of job security. 
Beck concludes that class is becoming insignificant and people are adopting much more individualised identities