Class Inequality studies

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New affluent workers
Goldthorpe and Lockwood
1 of 25
Hegemonic Masculinity
Connell
2 of 25
Gap between the rich and poor is increasing
Mount
3 of 25
Elite self-recruitment
Scott
4 of 25
Working class have become more knowledge based, rather than just manual
Scott
5 of 25
Deskilling of the middle class
Braverman
6 of 25
Economic and cultural capital amongst the middle class - they encourage their children to get good jobs
Savage
7 of 25
The upper class have similar educational backgrounds and are socialised into acting together
Rex
8 of 25
Families pass a "culture of dependency" amongst underclass
Marsland
9 of 25
Social mobility myths - Working class are not likely to move up because of the genetic distributions of intelligence
Saunders
10 of 25
Members of the lower class are disadvantaged due to social class inequality and racial inequality. "Ghetto poor"
Wilson
11 of 25
Role allocation
Davis and Moore
12 of 25
Middle class are in a contradictory position - Being controlled but are also the controller
Wright
13 of 25
Groups in poverty tend to develop their own characteristic culture - marked by deviant lifestyles
Lewis
14 of 25
Ideological and repressive state apparatus
Althusser
15 of 25
Developed the NE-SEC scale to measure mobility
Goldthorpe
16 of 25
Dual labour market theory (class)
Rex and Tomlinson
17 of 25
Negatively priviledged groups
Parkin
18 of 25
Class is dead. Lifestyle choices are no longer linked to class
Pakulski and Waters
19 of 25
What you buy is not linked to your class
Clarke and Saunders
20 of 25
Super structure - Proletariat are underpayed and controlled
Crompton
21 of 25
Those in the lower classes tend to be more vulnerable (single mums, elderly, long-term unemployed)
Field
22 of 25
Dual labour market (Weberian)
Barron and Norris
23 of 25
They underclass were part of the working class, however changing circumstances have meant that these people are not situated structurally below the traditional working class
Westergaard
24 of 25
Class devisions are intensifying
Adonis and Pollard
25 of 25

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Hegemonic Masculinity

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Connell

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Gap between the rich and poor is increasing

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Card 4

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Elite self-recruitment

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Card 5

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Working class have become more knowledge based, rather than just manual

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