Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Explanations of class inequalities
- Functionalist, Class inequalities are functional
in a meritocratic society
- Durkheim
- Class stratification is functional, ascription leads to conflict
- Davies and Moore
- Motivation. Jobs uniqueness. Scarcity of
personnel
- Parsons
- Hierarchical order and ranking. Ranking based on
consensus. Personal qualities, achievement and
possession
- New Right, class inequalities are a
result of an ability distribution in a
meritocracy
- Saunders
- Inequality promotes economic
growth- trickle down theory.
Genetically inherited ability
- Murray
- Under class have dependency
culture. Welfare state has caused
this
- Marxism, class inequalities are a result
of capitalism
- Marx
- Infra structure, super
structure. Ruling class
ideology and false class
consciousness
- Westerguaard
- Top 10% massive increase in wealth,
lowest no rise. Widening the gap
- Scott
- Social closure, Old Boy Network
and intermarriage
- Neo Marxism, class inequalities are
polarising under capitalism
- Gramsci
- Hegemony, global working class
and global ruling class
- Wright
- Middle class occupy a contradictory class position
- Braverman
- Proletarianisation, middle class jobs
becoming deskilled
- Marxist Feminists, Class inequalities can not be assessed alone,
women suffer double disadvantage due to capitalism and patriarchy
- Beechy
- Reserve army of labour
- Benston
- Women are a stabilising force
- Hartmann
- Dual systems theory, patriarchy and capitalism
- Weberian, looking at class inequalities alone is too simplistic class
groups are fragmented due to status and party differences
- Weber
- Class, status and party. 4
classes. Status symbols
- Zweig
- Embourgeoisement differences are
disappearing manual work becomes middle class
- Goldthorpe and Lockwood
- Fragmentation, new working class
- Post Modern, class is dead/ irrelevant
- Beck
- Risk society, managing risks. Risks no longer
related to class memberships
- Furlong and Cartmel
- Trains and Cars, Class origins does not determine your
class destination
- Pakulski and Waters
- Consumer choices