SECTION B Flashcards
AGE - Marxist
- Engels (reserve army of labour)
- Gramsci (Reject hegemony)
- Townsend + Phillpson (Political economy theory)
- Zaretsky (Privatisation of family)
AGE - Functionalist
- Parsons (Focus on new family)
- Cummings + Henry (Disengagement theory)
- Eisenstadt (Safety valve, let off steam)
- Abrahms (Spending power)
AGE - Feminism
- Itzen (Cosmeticisation)
- Daly(Global pressure for physical standards)
- Gannonn (Menopause as disease)
- Heidensohn (Domestic sphere)
AGE - Weberian
- Parker (Social closure)
- Havinghurst (Activity theory)
- Turner (Exchange theory)
- Weber (Less power)
Old age - Healthcare
π 51% old ppl say that they receive poor health care (New Age UK)
Hockey + James Infantalisation
Livesy - Healthcare professionals are ageist (eg. Reigate Grange Anne King 88yo)
Old age - Work + employment
π 38% discrimination cases at work are filed due to age (MORI)
Townsend + Phillipson - Political economy theory
Engels - Reserve army of labour
Old age - Poverty
π 16% pensioners are now in poverty
Parkin - Social closure theory
Itzen - Cosmeticisation due to lack of career staus
Old age - Crime
π 43% old people have been victims of fraud (Age UK)
Young - Elderly most vulnerable and repeat victims
Kercher - Elderly are targeted because they have low physical strength
Young age - Crime
π 63% stop and search in 2013 were aged 15-34 (Gov UK)
Fawbert - Hoodie moral panic
Cohen - Status frustration
Young Age - Poverty
π 33% children in poverty (CPAG)
Bourdieu - Lack of capitals
Young age - Work + employment
π 38% discrimination cases in workplace filed against age (MORI)
Zaretsky - Privatisation of the family
Engels - Reserve army of labour
Young age - Education
π 1.2% students bullied by teachers at least once a week
Willis - The lads
Becker - Ideal student image
GENDER - Feminism
- Oakley - Primary socialisation
- Sharpe - Change in position of women
- Delphy + Leonard - Women oppressed in family
- Hidensohn - Control theory
GENDER - Functionalism
- Murdock - Expressive role and breadwinner
- Parsons - Warm bath theory
- Rastogi- Inevitable than men have more human capital
- Durkheim - Division of labour and specialised roles
GENDER - Marxism
- Engels - Reserve army of labour
- Ansley - Women are takers of rubbish
- Dalia Costa + James - Unpaid domestic labour
- Feeley - Patriarchal parenting authority