Class Inequalities
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- Created on: 27-11-19 10:07
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- Class Inequalities
- Problems with measuring social class
- Occupation doesn't always match background
- Scholarships to higher education exist
- Social class is transient
- Subjective
- You can earn a lot of money through illegitimate means
- Qualifications are based on how hard you work
- You can acquire hobbies anywhere
- Social Mobility
- Vertical - Upwards & downwards
- Intergenerational - Different class from your parents
- Intragenerational - Different class for your siblings
- Stratification Models
- Marx (1800s)
- Traditional view
- Hope-Goldthorne (1980)
- NS-SEC (2011)
- Great British Class Survey
- The Surrey Occupational Class Schema
- Social Deprivation
- Less opportunities & life chances
- State of anomie & isolation
- Less social, cultural & economiccapital
- Poverty
- Relating to occupation
- Good measure of class
- Links to income, status & power
- Indicates education/qualifications, house ownership & lifestyle
- Limitations - sometimes inaccurate, diverse occupations within classes
- Problems with measuring social class
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