Perpectives View Of Class Inequality Flashcards
What is the overall Functionalist view of Class inequality?
That inequality is inevitable but social mobility is possible
Davies and Moore (1945) - role allication
What is a critisism of overall Functionalist views of inequality?
That they ignore social inequalities caused by sex, race etc
What is the overall Marxist view of Class inequality?
That class inequality is deliberately caused by the R/c, who prevent the W/c from gaining class conciousness, as a result the R/c continue to get opressed
Link - Althuser - Ideological state apperatuses
What is a critism of Marxist views of class inequality?
That M/c now exists and class conciousness has 100% been gained
What is the overall Weberian view of Class inequality?
That class inequality alone cannot explain inequality, as inequality is 3d - class, status and party power
What is an overall criticism of Weberian views of class inequality?
Webers claims of 4 classes is complicated, especially with Goldthropes 8 classes - hard to see in modern society
What is the overall feminst view of class inequality?
There isnt one, they mainly focus on gender inequality, however Dworkins claims that there should is a ‘gender class’ made of women
Marxists feminst would argue that ‘women are slaves of wage slaves’ - Benston
What is a critism of feminst explinations of class inequality?
That the early feminsts were very rich and privileged women
What is the post modernist view of class inequality?
That class is a ‘zombie category’ (Beck) and is outdated to discuss (Pakulski), as we are more invidual
Whats a criticism of post modern views of class inequality?
That it overlooks the relevance of class , as statistics show that class is directly linked to inequality
What is the overall New Right perspective of social class inequality?
The idea that inequality is inevitible and class creates competition
Consumption cleavage - the idea that class is defined by your dependance on the state
What is a criticism of the New Right view of class inequality?
Wilkinson and Pickett - ‘The Spirit Level’ - inequality is bad for EVERYONE as we all suffer
