Social Class Inequality Studies

Question 1

Beechy

Answer 1

Reserve army of labour (Marxist Fem)

Question 2

Benston

Answer 2

Unpaid work- housewife/childcare (Marxist Fem)

Question 3

Hartmann

Answer 3

Dual Systems Theory (Marxist Fem)

Question 4

Durkheim

Answer 4

Class stratification functional (Functionalist)

Question 5

Parsons

Answer 5

Society value consensus:
Kinship- Family status
Personal qualities- age, beauty, intelligence
Achievement- qualifications & skills
Possessions
Authority- ability to get way (Functionalist)

Question 6

Davis and Moore

Answer 6

Stratification - Universal & Permanent structure (Functionalist)

Question 7

Saunders

Answer 7

Social Mobility (New Right)

Question 8

Murray

Answer 8

Underclass - Dependency Culture (New Right)

Question 9

Marsland

Answer 9

Underclass - Lazy (New Right)

Question 10

Field

Answer 10

Underclass - Long term unemployment

Structural Theories) (Supporting New Right

Question 11

Darendorf

Answer 11

Economic Factors (Structural Theories) (Supporting New Right)

Question 12

Wilson

Answer 12

Ghetto Poverty (Structural Theories) (Supporting New Right)

Question 13

Jones

Answer 13

Individual choice & structural inequalities UC

Structural Theories) (Supporting New Right

Question 14

Marx

Answer 14

Infrastructure & Superstructure (Marxism)

Question 15

Westergaard

Answer 15

Wider gap between rich and poor (Marxist)

Question 16

Scott

Answer 16

Old boy network (Marxist)

Question 17

Kenway

Answer 17

Public school girls (Neo Marxist)

Question 18

Hall

Answer 18

Marx acknowledge middle class growth (Neo Marxist)

Question 19

Wright

Answer 19

Contradictory class position - middle class (Neo Marxist)

Question 20

Braveman

Answer 20

Embourgeoisement & Proletarianisation (Neo Marxist)

Question 21

Sorenson

Answer 21

Renting out labour (Neo Marxist)

Question 22

Weber

Answer 22

Class, Status & Party (Weberians)

Question 23

Giddens

Answer 23

3 upper class groups (Weberians)

Question 24

Goldthorpe et al

Answer 24

Change in upper class (Weberians)

Question 25

Draper

Answer 25

Mixed social background of middle class | Weberians

Question 26

Devine

Answer 26

Occupational Differences (Weberians)

Question 27

Roberts et al

Answer 27

Fragmentation definition (Weberians)

Question 28

Giddens

Answer 28

One middle class group (Neo Weberian)

Question 29

Goldthorpe

Answer 29

Fragmented middle class (Neo Weberian)

Question 30

Zweig

Answer 30

Embourgeiosment thesis (Neo Weberian)

Question 31

Goldthorpe and Lockwood

Answer 31

New working class (Neo Weberian)

Question 32

Polhemus

Answer 32

Pick and mix styles (Postmodernist)

Question 33

Pakulski and Walters

Answer 33

Pick and mix styles (Postmodernist)