SOCIAL CLASS + OCCUPATION Flashcards
what is social class
term used to describe the form of social stratification found in modern industrial societies. for example similar level of income and wealth
explain the ruling class
aka the bourgeoise who owned the means of production like factories and other businesses who employed proletariat and exploited them.
explain the manual and non-manual working class
middle class is seen as traditionally non manual workers and ear higher income then working class whereas manual workers depend on psychical strength and skills
whos associated as maunal workers
working class
who’s associated with non-manual workers
middle class
what’s a study that was done to identity social mobility
Hope-Goldthorpe classifications
what’s the underclass
emerged below working class, the poorest people in society such as unemployed long parent families
who argues about the underclass
Murray
how does occupation and social class link together?
- many sociollogists would see class strucutre of modern society based on occupational strucutre
- persons occupation tells us their income and level of educational qualifications
whats a negative point about only looking at occupation to determine social class
there’s occupational class where some people have no occupation but may be very wealthy or their occupation is a poor guide to their social position. like prince harry
what did Gorden Marshall find in his research?
many people in their research saw themsleves as working class despite the fact they were non-maunal or white collar workers
what did Mike savage et al find in his study?
respondents were reluctant to identify themselves with a social class at all and class identity was relatively muted
how many people did the Great british class survey
161,000
what did the Great British Class Survey find
class is better measured by three other aspects which are economic social and cultural
what did Pierre Bourdieu identity
economic capital, social capital and cultural capital
