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Class Identity
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- 1MURRAY (CLASS IDENTITY)Argues that the government is over generous with benefits which encourages people of the underclass to learn new norms and values and devlop a culture in which they do not take responsibility for their actions.
- 2FOX (CLASS IDENTITY)Suggested that there was more than one stage of middle class:
-Upper Middles
-Middle Middles
-Lower Middles - 3HUTTON (CLASS IDENTITY)Argued that the decline in trade union and the manufacturing sector, and the dispersal of working class communities has eroded working class identities.
- 4SKEGGS (CLASS IDENTITY)Studied working class women and found that they felt judged and dismissed by teacher and doctors due to their working class background.
- 5MACKINTOSH AND MOONEY (CLASS IDENTITY)Found that a key feature of the upper class is their invisibility. The upper class operate a system of social closure means their education, leisure, time and daily lives are separate and almost invisible to the rest of us.
- 6BOURDIEU (CLASS IDENTITY)Class fractions are determined by varying degrees of social, economic and cultural capital.
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- A level Sociology Flashcards on Class Identity, created by Natalie Booth on 13/11/2016.
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