Class Inequality Stats and Sociologists 0.0 / 5 ? SociologySocial stratification and inequalityA2/A-levelOCR Created by: maisieessCreated on: 05-01-20 17:12 Work and Employment Stat Nearly 3/4 of doctors are from upper class backgrounds 1 of 28 Income and Wealth Stat Class pay gap: 17% 2 of 28 Crime Stat 74% of the prison population is in the poorest 20% 3 of 28 Health Stat Lower class are 4x more likely to develop mental heath problems than the upper class. 4 of 28 Social Mobility Stat 55% working class men stayed in their class. 5 of 28 Marxism View Due to capitalism 6 of 28 Marxist Sociologists Braverman and Marx 7 of 28 Braverman Fragmentation- middle class disappearing 8 of 28 Marx Class inequality due to capitalism 9 of 28 Neo Marxism View Middle class are exploited by rich but exploit the poor 10 of 28 Neo Marxism Sociologist Wright 11 of 28 Wright White collar workers are proletariat and bourgeoisie 12 of 28 Functionalism view Classes help maintain social order // rewards 13 of 28 Functionalist Sociologists Parsons, Davis and Moore, Bordeiu, Durkenheim 14 of 28 Parsons Rich get the best rewards 15 of 28 Davis and Moore Income is linked to talent 16 of 28 Bordeiu Working class lifestyle doesn't allow them to be rich 17 of 28 Durkenheim Hardest workers get best rewards 18 of 28 Criticism Tumin- class prevents people getting good jobs 19 of 28 New Right View Competition = hard work = rewards 20 of 28 New Right Sociologists Murray, Saunders 21 of 28 Murray Underclass are lazy due to lack of rewards 22 of 28 Saunders Inequality helps competition- the talented get money 23 of 28 Criticism Ignores working class- they aren't lazy and not all underclass can find jobs (Macdonald) 24 of 28 Postmodernist Sociologist Walters 25 of 28 Walters Class is dead 26 of 28 Feminist Sociologist Abbott 27 of 28 Abbott Women cant move classes bc of lower paid jobs- glass ceiling 28 of 28
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