Class Inequality Stats and Sociologists

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

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Income and Wealth Stat

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74% of the prison population is in the poorest 20%

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Lower class are 4x more likely to develop mental heath problems than the upper class.

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55% working class men stayed in their class.

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