Marxism Flashcards

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social control

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Althusser - education is an ideological state apparatus, proletariat fails to see their exploitation (false class consciousness) so do not rebel against hierarchy
-Hidden curriculum responsible

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secondary socialisation

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Education passes on key norms and values of capitalism to students, justifying class inequality

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sifting and sorting (based on social class background)

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Pupils are allocated roles based on their class, obedient pupils got highest grades whilst non-conformists got lower

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specialist skills

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Workers must be passive and docile, school functions to provide workers with these skills through the correspondence principle

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capitalism

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Economic system allowing private ownership

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communism

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Society based on equality: everything is shared

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Bourgeoisie

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The ruling class

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Proletariat

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The working class

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Correspondence principle

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School mirrors the workplace

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What type of theory is marxism?

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Conflict theory based on class divisions and exploitation

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Structural theory

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Social structures shape individual behaviour

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Ideological state apparatus

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A tool/weapon used by bourgeousie to brainwash the proletariat

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False class consciousness

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The proletariat are unaware of their exploitation

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Who came up with the idea of sifting and sorting? And Secondary socialisation?

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Bowles and Gintis

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Who came up with the idea of social control?

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Althusser

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Who came up with secondary socialisation (and correspondence principle)?

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Bowles and Gintis

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Examples of correspondence between school & workplace

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Hierarchy
External rewards
Competition
Dress code

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Willis Learning to labour (stretch)

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Studied 12 WC in an anti school subculture who broke rules by truanting and smoking
He followed them through transition to work and showed they did not passively accept the hidden curriculum