Social Class Inequality (workplace) For Working Class Disadvantage

Question 1

Mac an ghail

Answer 1

States that deindustrialisation has lead to a ‘Crisis of masculinity’ amongst working class males – They face unemployment.

Question 2

McKenzie

Answer 2

Once they’d been made redundant from their steel works job the men in his study felt a loss of identity from their tight knit communities associated with their job. Their loss of role as a breadwinner led to them feeling a loss of status and identity.

Question 3

Inequality briefing

Answer 3

The top 20% of wealthiest people in the UK own 60% of all the UKs wealth, showing real extremes of rich and poor.

Question 4

Who

Answer 4

Mac and ghail, Mckenzie, inequality briefing, Willis

Question 5

Willis

Answer 5

working class boys in the midlands referred to as pads developed an anti/counter school sub culture characterised by the opposition to norms and values throughout the school. Felt superior to conformist pupils (ear oles). Showed little interest in academic work and amused themselves via deviant behaviour ‘having a laff’ became main object of school day. Tried to identify with with adult non school world by smoking drinking and being sexist and racist. Behaviour similar to shop fooor of local factories which helped boredom and monotony. Also seemed to follow their fathers into manual labour jobs and hegemonic masculinity like their fathers