Does Class Still Matter?
- Created by: CaitlinH317
- Created on: 07-01-19 18:27
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- DOES CLASS STILL MATTER?
- Marxism
- bourgeoisie vs proletariat = impacted life chances
- b exploits p
- class does impact your life still
- Neo-Marxism (Bourdieu)
- higher classes have higher capitals
- these capitals impact life chances so class does still matter
- Functionalism
- society based on meritocracy
- money and status are rewarded based on merit so class doesn't matter
- Postmodernism (Pakulski + Waters)
- class is much less of an influence on our identities now
- consumption based now rather than production
- Hutton
- decline in TU membership etc has eroded working class identity
- Marxism
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