PATTERNS AND TRENDS = WEBERIAN Flashcards
1
Q
what does Weber argue about gender inequalities?
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occupational segregation = horizontal and vertical segregation
2
Q
what does horizontal segregation refer to?
A
- differences in the number of males and females present across occupations
- nurses and primary school, teachers are female and architects and engineers are jobs usually done by men
- regarded as the strongest influence on young people’s choice of career
3
Q
what did the Equal Opportunities Commission 2004 find about segregation?
A
- explanation for continued horizontal segregation
1. human capital
2. individual career choice based on perception and influence
3. discrimination by employers
4. barriers within orgnaisations
4
Q
what does vertical segregation refer to?
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- men’s domination of highest-ranking jobs
- glass ceiling = social mobility between men and women
- concrete ceiling = difficulty in rising up
- glass elevator = men easily move up the social ladder, especially in female-dominated careers due to hidden advantages
5
Q
what do Barron and Norris argue about?
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the dual labour market
6
Q
explain the dual labour market
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- primary and secondary labour market
- secondary means low pay, low security and low promotion and more women in this whereas men dominate the primary labour market
7
Q
evaluation of webarian
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- only applied to gender inequalities
- doesn’t explain why some social groups end up in different sectors of the labour market and why some have more status than others
- postmodernists argue that there is no longer a consesus