Inequality Sociologists Flashcards
Social Darwinism
Durkheim (functionalism)
Social cohesion
Durkheim (functionalism)
Society is a meritocracy
Parsons (functionalism)
Role allocation
Davis & Moore (functionalism)
laissez faire economics
Friedman & Bauer (new right)
Trickle down economics
Friedman & Bauer (new right)
Cycle of deprivation
Charles Murray (new right)
Welfare dependency of the unskilled (undeserving poor)
Saunders (new right)
Economic base and superstructure
Marx
Ruling class ideology + false class consciousness
Althusser (Marxism)
Lumpenproletariat
Althusser (Marxism)
Existential inequality
Goran Therborn
Ideological state aparatus
Althusser
Repressive state aparatus
Althusser (Marxism)
Hegemony
Gramsci (neo-marxism)
The classes aren’t polarising
Erik Olin Wright