Sociology Inequality Functionalism

Question 1

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P - Inequality is Fuctional
E - ONS - “35% of the working class pupils obtained 5 or more GCSEs”
E - Functionalism - Durkheim - Organic Analogy
Marxism - Marx - direct control and indirect control
L - Funtionalism offers a better explanation than Marxism

Question 2

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P - Class Inequality links to jobs
E - West - “66% correlation between free school meals and low attainment”
E - Funtionalist - Davies and Moore - best people, Meritocracy
Marxism - Marxs - Superstructure
L - Funtionalism offers a better explanation than Marxism

Question 3

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P - inequality can lead to social control
E - Maguire - “40%” male prisoners left school before the age of 16”
E - Funtionalist - Parsons - bridge , ascribed roles
Marxist - Althusser - trained for capitalism
L - Funtionalism offers a better explanation than Marxism

Question 4

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P - New Right, leads to dependency on welfare.
E - Clarke - “5% of police manpower was allocated to fraud squads”
E - New Right - Murray - Underclass
Neoweberianism - Giddens - changes, recognised skills
L - New Right offers a better explanation than Neo Weberianism

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P - New Right , Wealthy people are not dependent
E - HESA 2007 - “the gender gap still stands at around 7%”
E - New Right - Saunders - Trickle Down Theory
Feminists - Walby - Patriarchal Control
L - New Right offers a better explanation than Feminism