Identity - Social Class Reinforcement

Question 1

FAMILY
How are the upper class socialised by the family?

Answer 1

•ascribed - economic capital
- £1000 annually for boarding school

Question 2

FAMILY
Intermarriage definition

Answer 2

Marrying within same status - social capital

Question 3

FAMILY
Bourdiea Marxist views

Answer 3

Kids have economic capital via toys and educational
-middle class mothers influence kids more than working class

Question 4

FAMILY
How many times likely is someone gonna get pregnant from a lower class background

Answer 4

10x

Question 5

EDUCATION
What did bourdieu say

Answer 5

Middleclass in uni - fish in water
Working class in uni - fish out of water

Question 6

EDUCATION
How does economic capital help getting into better unis

Answer 6

More opportunities

Question 7

MEDIA

Answer 7

Upper class Celebs have influence
Eg Kardashians

Question 8

RELIGION
Who is more likely to attend church (Christian)

Answer 8

Middle class

Question 9

PEERS
Upper class networks

Answer 9

•Old boy networks - economic and cultural capital

Question 10

PEERS
Distinct groups
Mac + Ghail

Answer 10

Upper class - real Englishmen
Working class - macho men

Question 11

PEERs

Upper class - real Englishmen
Working class - macho men

Sociologist

Answer 11

Upper class - real Englishmen
Working class - macho men

Question 12

PEERS
Working class boys

Answer 12

•Middle class think working class are aggressive and anti-social
•Cohen - working class joins subcultures