An entailed group of people of similar education, income and occupational identity
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What is Class difference?
Traditionally in Britain we have upper, middle and working -class.
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Define the term Ethnicity
Is a socially defined category based on common language, religion, nationality, history or another cultural factor
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What is Ethnic Minority?
A group that has a different national or cultural tradition from the majority of the population. (opposite of ethnic majority)
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Define Ethnic Majority
A group that has the same national or cultural tradition from the majority of the population.
(Opposite of ethnic minority)
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Define inequality
Difference in outcome and experience that may limit life
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Define Gender
Gender is the range of characteristics pertaining to and differentiating between femininity and masculinity
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What is the term globalisation?
Globalisation means that the world is becoming interconnected by trade and culture exchange.
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Post-Fordism definition
Post-Fordism is a change in the organisation of production and labour from the earlier Fordism practices.
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Sector Shifts definition
Sector shifts is the change in the number of jobs in the three sectors of the economy e.g. primary, secondary and tertiary sectors
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Functional Flexibility definition
Functional flexibility is the Post-Fordist techniques and operating methods which aim to make production more flexible and responsive to the market.
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Numerical Flexibility definition
Numerical flexibility is the way in which firms try to match the number of workers to the volume of work.
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Desking definition
A view that white-collar workers skills were being eroded by automation, computerisation and fragmentation of work task into simpler routines.
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Horizontal Segregation definition
Horizontal segregation is the tendency for men and women to be located in different sorts of industries and occupations
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Vertical Segregation defintion
Vertical segregation is the tendency for men and women to be concentrated at different levels in power, status, and pay within any industry or occupational group
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Glass ceiling definition
Glass ceiling is the barrier to women's advancement in employment. They can see where they would like to go by the ceiling impedes their progress.
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What is the definition of bimodal patterns
Bimodal patters are the practice of women working full time before having children, then withdrawing from the workplace while the child or children are young before eventually returning to work.
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What is the definition of pay gap?
Pay gap refers to the gender pay. This is the percentage difference between the average hourly earnings for males and females.
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What is the definition of ethnic penalty?
The ethnic penalty refers to all sources of disadvantage that might lead in ethnic minority groups to doing far less well than similarity qualified whites
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Radical Discrimination definition
Radical discrimination is when a socially defined racial group is treated differently or unequal and where this treatment is unfair and against the wishes of those who are disadvantaged by it.
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What is the definition of ethical pay gap?
The ethical pay gap is the difference between the average hourly earnings of the ethnic minority vs the average hourly earnings of the ethnic minority
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What is Class difference?
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Traditionally in Britain we have upper, middle and working -class.
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