Ethnic inequality revision
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- Created on: 07-04-15 14:29
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- Ethnic inequality
- Functionalist
- Argue a stable society is based on shared norms and values
- When migrants come to a country they will eventually be assimilated and inequalities will lessen
- Patterson 19650 espoused a similar view, adding that any racism from the dominant group was a result of ignorance and confusion, it was not deliberate and would eventually go
- EVALUATION
- Soloms and Back 1994- argue assimilation does not lead to a decline in inequalities
- Hall 1978- argued the immigrant host model reinforced racism and inequalities because it defined EMGS as the problem and ignored structural inequalities
- Functionalism fails to acknowledge that minority ethnic groups may wish to retain their own cultures and not be assimilated
- Marxist
- Argue class is the most significant factor in explaining ethnic inequalities
- Westergaard and Resler 1976 argue inequalities faced by members of minority of ethnic groups are the same as the inequalities suffered by the white working class
- Castles and Kosack 1973- argue racial prejudice enables the dominant class to divide those who have the same class interests
- EVALUATION
- Solomos and Back 1994- argue traditional Marxism is inadequate in explaining contemporary issues of inequalities and power
- There is no unifed working class that opposes the capitalist class
- Neo-Marxist explanations
- argue the traditional Marxist view is oudated
- Argue traditional Marxist is too deterministic
- Tradtional Marxism does not take into account the racism experienced by minority ethnic groups
- Miles 1989- argue the division between the ruling class and the working class is fundamental in a capitalist society, but racist ideology plays an important part in determining the position of minority ethnic groups within classes
- Miles 1989- classes are racialized
- Weberian
- Argue racial and ethnic inequalities are linked to economics, status and power are also iimportant
- Parkin 1970 argued class and status are equally important
- The middle classes practise social closure to keey out people from minority ethnic backgrounds
- Rex and Tomilnson- argue there is a racialized underlcass. Argue the marginalized position of many black and Asian people in the UK can be understood in terms of an underclass
- An underclass occupies a disadvantaged position in areas such as employment, housing, education and power to make decisions
- Barron and Norris- argue there is a dual labour market
- Primary
- Secondary
- EVALUATION
- Views are similar to the neo-Marxist view in terms of racialized class fractions
- New Right theorists, Murrary and Marsland argue many EMGs do not attempt to engage with the labour market
- Functionalist
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