Social class Identities Flashcards
Upper class identities
Scott
Macintosh and Mooney
Kenway
Middle class identities
Bourdieu
Goodwin
Saunders
Wright
working class identities
Willis
Mac an Ghail
Metens and D’Haenens /Helsper
Underclass identities
Murray
evaluation - Jordan
Changing
Pakulski and waters
Offe
Skeggs
Scott
Upperclass Upper class - Social closure, intermarriage, high culture, old boy network
Macintosh and Mooney
them as less valuableUpperclass Upper class - Status and class is based on occupation
Us and them
value themselves more than people in other classes see
Kenway
Upperclass Privately educated school girls - Exclude others by devaluing comprehensive student
Bourdieu
Middleclass Hidden curriculum rewards social, cultural and economic capital
middle class vaules reunforce muddle class idenities
Goodwin
Middleclass Middle class ‘yummy mummies’ - Gain status through inclusion / status symbols
no longer hegemonic female but now rely on materal capitlties
Saunders
Middleclass Middle class - High disposable income / ‘conspicuous consumption’
Wright
Middleclass Middle class in a ‘contradictory class position’ - Exploited by upper class. Exploit working class
Willis
working class Working class ‘lads’ - Fatalistic about futures - Unskilled manual labour work
Mac an Ghail
working class
Deindustrialisation has caused high unemployment and a ‘crisis of masculinity’ for working class males
Mertens and D’haenens /helsper
Studied the digital divide in class and the internet. Those from a lower social classes used the internet less (81% were users as opposed to 94% of middle class people) lower social classes were seen to use it as for entertainment purposes where as middle class people used it for educational and to boost their knowleagesd purposes.
Murray
Underclass Claims that the underclass are lazy, workshy,immoral,criminal and depentant on benefits. He suggests ita there own fault they are in this position because they have a culture based on idleness,failure and criminality.
Jordan
underclass Disagree with murrays and says that the underclass have the same values and attitudes as everyone else in society and most of them would love to work if they had the chance. He suggest that they feel a sense of shame that they can not provide for their families.
Underclass is made up of elderly, disabled, long-term sick etc
Pakulski and waters
changing
We are now defined by what we buy, not what we do with regards to occupation
Offe
Changing
Fewer and Fewer individuals share a common, unifying experience of full time work- the days when people had a job for life have gone
Skeggs
changing Found that working class woman had instrumental attitudes to work - Worked to buy
The new working class see society as meritocractic as they believe all individuals have an equal chance of success and can experience social mobility.
