PATTERNS AND TRENDS = WEBERIAN Flashcards

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what does Weber argue about gender inequalities?

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occupational segregation = horizontal and vertical segregation

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what does horizontal segregation refer to?

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  • 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
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what did the Equal Opportunities Commission 2004 find about segregation?

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  • 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
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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
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5
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what do Barron and Norris argue about?

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the dual labour market

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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
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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
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