Structural Theories on the 'Underclass'


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Who argues that there is a dual labour market based on class with the underclass in the secondary market?
Giddens
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Who criticised Giddens for ignoring gender and ethnicity but still acknowledges there are labour divisions?
Mann
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What does Westergaard believe that the cause of the underclass 'falling' from the working class is?
Economic strains
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What was Runciman's seven class system based on?
Control, power and marketability
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What percentage of society are in the underclass according to Runciman?
5%
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Who argues that the movement from training schemes to parenthood and crime did not create an established underclass?
Craine
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Who theorizes that marginalisation is due not to personal choice but material deprivation?
McDonald and Marsh
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Who criticised Giddens for ignoring gender and ethnicity but still acknowledges there are labour divisions?

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Mann

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What does Westergaard believe that the cause of the underclass 'falling' from the working class is?

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What was Runciman's seven class system based on?

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What percentage of society are in the underclass according to Runciman?

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