WEBERIAN + ETHNIC INEQUALITIES

Question 1

What does Weber argue about ethnic inequalities?

Answer 1

white British people in the UK are more likely to have a superior market and work situation compared to ethnic minorities
- modern societies are categorised by status inequality and they can be competitive and aim to achieve social closure

Question 2

what does social closure mean in Weberian terms?

Answer 2

they try to monopolise privilege and exclude other groups from their position of privileges

Question 3

what did Weber say about the status of ethnic minorities in the middle and working class?

Answer 3

• ethnic minority manual workers may have a lower status than white manual workers and middle ethnic minorities doing professional work
• ethnic minorities suffer from social class and status inequality

Question 4

what does Weber say about the party when talking about ethnic inequalities?

Answer 4

parties are dominated by white members so ethnic minority voices are not heard and represented and their inequalities are not heard or resolved

Question 5

what are the three things Weber looks at in detail in society?

Answer 5

class, status and party

Question 6

what do Barron and Norris argue about

Answer 6

the dual labour market theory

Question 7

who argues about the dual labour market

Answer 7

Barron and Noriss

Question 8

explain the Dual labour Market

Answer 8

racial prejudice and discrimination can be seen in the structure of ethnic minorities in the labour force
- distinguished primary and secondary labour market where secondary is low pay low security and bad conditions which is usually where ethnic minorities are rpesrente and primary has more white people
- Race Relations Act 1976

Question 9

evaluation of Barron and Norris

Answer 9

• ignores there are ethnic minorities in the primary sector
• fails to recognise the situation for ethnic minority women is worse than for men

Question 10

what do Rex and Tomlinson argue about?

Answer 10

• The material disadvantage experienced by ethnic minorities in the areas was so great but cut them off from the white working-class groups
• ethnic minorities formed a separate underclass beneath the white working class where they experienced disadvantages with labour market housing and education

Question 11

what do Rex and Tomlinson argue about black people?

Answer 11

• The black underclass had been created consisting of people who felt marginalised, alienated and fustrated and their experience of status inequality was further compounded by their feelings of being socially excluded

Question 12

evaluation of Rex and Tomlinson

Answer 12

• criticised for over-emphasising ethnic minorities as passive victims of racism and how it’s changing particularly Chinese and Indian people outperforming in education
• new right would blame the culture of some ethnic minorities for the poverty and unemployment