Identity: social class Flashcards

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What is social class ?

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  • groups who share the same economic and social situation
  • includes people norms, values, cultures and lifestyles
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What does Bourdieu say about the distinction amongst classes

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  • ‘class fractions’ are determined by social, economic and cultural capital
  • He also says that upper class helps individuals increase their life chances
  • He also thinks that individuals can accumulate more cultural capital by changing the way they dress and act
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What are some statistics about people that went to fee paying schools ?

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  • 71% senior judges went to a fee paying school
  • 50% house of lords went to a fee paying school
    only 7% of the population go to a fee paying school
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What did Mackintosh and Mooney say ?

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  • say that a feature of the upper class is that they are invisible
  • the upper class have social closure which means their daily lives are separate from the rest of society
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What did Becker say ?

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  • powerful groups give negative labels to less powerful groups in society
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What are the middle class ?

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  • associated with those who have a professional or managerial career
  • university educated
  • homeowner
  • majority of the population
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What did Fox say about the middle class ?

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  • looked at upper middle, middle middle and lower middle class
  • low and mid = public sector =teacher, nurses
  • upper middle = private sector = lawyers bankers
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What are the working class ?

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  • used to be the majority of the population
  • manual working
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What did Hutton study ?

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Disappearance of working class identity due to decline in trade union memberships

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What did Skeggs say ?

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  • looked at working class women
  • felt humiliated by the way that middle class people looked at the working class
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Who are the underclass ?

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  • rely on welfare benefits and lack opportunities which prevent them from getting out of the situation
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What did Murray say about the underclass ?

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  • Overgenerous benefits have encouraged people to not take responsibility because they are relying on the state
  • They have developed their own norms and values
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What is the death of class theory ?

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  • Pakulski
  • Argue that large industries have left the Uk and we aren’t defined by our jobs
  • They say we choose to consume things like fashion therefore we are able to construct our own identities regardless of class
  • opportunities like uni are now more open to everyone
  • You back up this point social mobility and child poverty
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