Social Class

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(Social Inequality) Sociology Mapa Mental sobre Social Class, creado por Daniel Johnston el 18/11/2013.
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Social Class
  1. Life Chances
    1. Income
      1. Roberts
        1. "Income inequalities are a direct result of class inequalities"
          1. Phillip Green, earning £1.4 billion
        2. Reduction of tax
        3. Poverty
          1. Poverty trap
            1. 'Better off on benefits'
              1. 'Worse off working'
              2. Relative poverty rising since 1997
                1. Savage
                  1. In 1997 there were three times as many people in relative poverty than there were in the 1970s.
                  2. Feinstein (2007)
                    1. Survey
                      1. 17 000 children born in 1970
                      2. Extreme poverty is 6 times more likely if born to a labourer
                      3. Child poverty has increased
                      4. Wealth
                        1. 20th Century: Redistribution of wealth
                          1. Not benefitting the mass of the population!
                            1. Inheritance: avoiding paying taxes in the form of death duties
                          2. In 2003, the top 1% and top 10% owned 18% and 50% of the nation’s wealth respectively.
                            1. Roberts
                              1. 30% of adults did not own their home
                                1. Most are in debt
                              2. Health
                                1. Working class experience poorer mortality rates and morbidity rates
                                  1. 3500 more working class babies would survive per year
                                    1. Bartley et al (1996)
                                      1. Compared death rates amongst social classes.
                                    2. Education
                                      1. 7% of all children are educated at private schools
                                        1. Sutton Trust research charity
                                          1. “Old school tie” network
                                      2. Classes
                                        1. Middle
                                          1. Savage - this group also invest heavily in cultural capital
                                            1. Roberts - describes a growing sense of insecurity
                                              1. Privileged group
                                                1. Tertiary sector has replaced the secondary sector
                                                2. Upper
                                                  1. Wealth fragmented by inheritance taxes
                                                    1. Exclusiveness eroded by a tide of democracy
                                                      1. Saunders - "it's really too small"
                                                        1. Robinson - "the decline of the aristocracy is entirely imaginary"
                                                          1. Transmission of cultural and social capital
                                                            1. Kinship links
                                                            2. Working
                                                              1. Traditional - Shrinking throughout the 20th Century
                                                                1. Work / Class consciousness/ Respectability/Community
                                                                2. New - Identified during the 50s/60s
                                                                  1. Increase in post-war living standards
                                                                    1. Embourgeoisment - Goldthorpe et al 1996
                                                                  2. Under
                                                                    1. NEETS
                                                                      1. Disadvantaged group
                                                                        1. Bottom of society
                                                                          1. Materially deprived
                                                                            1. Field
                                                                              1. Long term unemployed
                                                                                1. Single Parents
                                                                                  1. Elderly poor
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