Social Developments: Critics of Social Change Flashcards
Who argued that TV’s and radios and advertising exploited affluence?
Richard Hoggart
What did Hoggart say affluence would lead to for people’s lives?
‘Rootless and shallow lives’
What did Anthony Crosland argue?
Argued that social change was happening too slowly
What did Michael Young do in 1951?
He left his Labour Party position to become a social researcher
What did Young find contrary to Hoggarts claims about the death of the working class?
Young found the working class community of Bethnal Green was thriving
In what ways were the Bethnal Green community thriving?
They challenged the idea that built up family connections were dead as they had strong extensive family connections
What was the main threat that Young found to the lives of Bethnal Green?
The demolishing of East London slums moving family members far away
Who were two anti-feminist social researchers?
Alva Myrdal and Viola Klein
What believe did the 2 female social researchers challenge at the time?
The belief that if mothers went out to work then their children would become delinquents
What did Alva Myrdal and Viola Klein argue?
Women’s work outside or inside of the home should be equally valued and not criticised
What fraction of men disapproved of married women working?
1/3
How many women had graduated with science and engineering degrees from 1954-6?
708
What percentage of the women with science and engineering degrees were in low skilled jobs?
74%
Why were so many of the women with engineering and science degrees in jobs that did not require these degrees?
Because women despaired their limited prospects of being employed in scientific research
What did Employers explicitly say that made prospects for women in higher skill jobs worse?
Employers did not want to pay them equally or give them roles where they were above men
What did the 1961 Census show with men and women active in science and technology jobs?
Of the 249,000 people, only 18,300 were women
How did researchers criticise what age secondary modern schools prepared most children to leave school for?
Secondary Moderns prepared most students to leave school at only 15 with no qualifications
What proportion of children staying in school to 18 and going to higher education in Wales was it over England?
Double the amount of students than in England?
What percentage of 18-21 year olds attended university by 1960? How much of this percentage was women?
4%. 1% of 18-21 year old women went to universities
