Social Inequality and Difference

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Legislation means media companies must include ethnic minorities in their shows
Colle
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Social inequalities involve an element of social advantages and disadvantages for different groups
Payne
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Middle class occupy a contradictory position, both being controlled and controlling
Wright
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UK encourages failure due to low IQ, high unemployment, rising crime and an increase in illegitimacy
Murray
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State pension funds disadvantage young people who are unlikely to ever receive the same payouts
Johnson
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UK is one of the most unequal societies in the developed world
Cooke
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Schools are middle class institutions run by the middle class for the middle class
Passeron
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Womens magazines are less stereotypical now, but still about 'hime, home and looking good for him''
Ferguson
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Schools are middle class institutions run by the middle class for the middle class
Passeron
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Social systems need to be hierarchical to keep order and a functioning society
Parsons
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50 unstructured interviews of people living in Manchester found strong manual labour with men in social clubs and women basing their social lives around the local area
Savage
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Participent observation of builders in London found the working class attitudes of '**** taking' and conflicting with authority
Thiel
12 of 24
Ghetto poor
Wilson
13 of 24
We should move away from talking of inequalities and talk of difference as not all women are oppressed in the same way
Brooks
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Racism and sexism are important parts of inequality
Bhavani
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Women face a triple shift, job, kids and emotional needs of the household (husband)
Goward
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Gender inequality is a result of general inequality
Friedan
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Women are less likely to join trade unions and to accept lower paid jobs
Beechey
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Studied Dawn Butler who suffered racism and sexism as a black female MP
Mozza
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Teachers are fearful of black males in school so they adopt an anti-intelectual
Sewell
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Minority groups eventually adapt to the majority to ensure social order
Park
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Old people are shown as vague, feeble and forgetful
Biggs
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A clearly defined underclass does exist in the UK, made up for the long term unemployed
Runciam
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Nocturnal economy- clubbing and drinking leads to more crime and devience
Hobbs
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Social inequalities involve an element of social advantages and disadvantages for different groups

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Middle class occupy a contradictory position, both being controlled and controlling

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UK encourages failure due to low IQ, high unemployment, rising crime and an increase in illegitimacy

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State pension funds disadvantage young people who are unlikely to ever receive the same payouts

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