Sociologists

Question 1

Crompton

Answer 1

Social class has always been associated with occupation and money (traditional)

Question 2

Goldthorpe and Devine

Answer 2

Still class markers

Question 3

Brooks

Answer 3

Argues it is very important for the middle class tho let the society know they’re ‘not working class’

Question 4

Savage

Answer 4

No distinct middle class, example of cultural capital and meritocracy. However 60% of the population are defined as middle class (they are not a homogenous group).

Question 5

Aries and Seider

Answer 5

Private school children consider class as important.

Question 6

Murray

Answer 6

Distinctive underclass, intergenerational; it still exists across generations.

Question 7

Pakulski and Walters

Answer 7

Argue identity is now an intersection based on gender, ethnicity, age and region; which all interact to shape our identity.

Question 8

Heath

Answer 8

Social class is no longer relevant and is less important, the main finding is that ‘class consciousness’ no longer applies. Decline of traditional working class.

Question 9

Saunders

Answer 9

Deindustrialisation argues there has been a decline in importance, decline of heavy and manufacturing industries.

Question 10

Zweig

Answer 10

“Embourgeoisement” we are all becoming middle class (changing).

Question 11

Self and Zealey

Answer 11

65% of workforce is in middle class occupational positions at both the higher, managerial level and the lower, sales and customer service level. Thus the working class is largely irrelevant.

Question 12

Hutton

Answer 12

The decline in trade union memberships, eroded the working class.