This summary sheet lists sociologists that discuss ethnic inequality under a range of theoretical perspectives such as Marxism, Weberian and feminist. This information applies mainly to OCR paper two, in particular the 40 marker. However these sociologists can apply to other areas of the course.
BLACK CULTURAL FUNCTIONALISM MARXISTS NEO-MARXISM WEBERIAN POSTMODERN
FEMINISM
ABBOT ET AL - MODOOD - PATTERSON - COX - SOLOMOS AT AL - CLASS VERTOREC -
-other feminist views -⅗ Bangladeshi -host-immigrant model -direct relationship -ethnic inequalities WEBER - -super diversity- vast
concentrate on women, ½ pistani with three causes of between are linked to -class is market range of norms and
women and ⅕ of discrimination: capitalism and capitalism but also situation (knowledge values of ethnic
womens
Pakistani/ -hosts fear social racism as it economic factors, and skills) and work groups
experiences derived Bangladeshi men change and difference caused racism govt policies and situation (level of job -growing number of
from white didn’t speak -resentment about when it emerged ethnic minority authority) and these mixed heritage
perspectives and English so stopped competing for jobs with colonialism cultures and white affect life chances backgrounds along
priorities with jobs e.g. -failure of ethnic working class -White British have a with mixed heritage
-white women teaching minorities to CASTLES AND -a new racism has superior market people; Generation
-south asian assimilate KOSACK - emerged situation EA (ethnically
allowed to speak on women portrayed -societies stability -studied immigrant ambiguous) e.g
black women's as passive victims undermined by groups in Europe LAWRENCE - REX AND Chrissy Teigan
behalf but not other and tend to have immigrant arrival and how they’re -new racism TOMLINSON -
way round poorer -moves towards concentrated in emerged due to: -a black underclass NAYAK -
qualifications assimilation e.g. low pay/status -ruling class has emerged which -white wannabes
BREWER - -Pak/Bang have citizenship test work creation and sites below the white who adopt black
-triple systems low economic -discrimination in reinforcement of working class and culture, slang and
activity PARSONS - British society British nation + face disadvantages style e.g. Eminem
theory-class, race
-disadvantages -early ethnic means theres an culture in income, housing,
and gender combine linked to cultural inequalities due to inability for ethnic -high labour market and BURDSEY -
to create multiple traditions e.g. cultural difference and minorities to get unemployment and education -asian footballers
sources of family honour low skill levels good jobs economic instability -they are alienated, code switch with
deprivation and -common value -they are a reserve as immigrants seen marginalised and peers vs parents in
ROBERTS - system-inequalities army of labour as source of frustrated order to be included
inequality; black
-Asians more likely are temporary and -racial inequality problem -victims of capitalist
women suffer to be self employed based on cultural encouraged by -cultures of society due to lower GILL -
disadvantage as or small business differences as capitalist class to: immigrants viewed class and status -blasian and brasian
black women who owners minorities haven’t legitimise- racism negatively and as a who code switch
are working class -often described as assimilated yet helps justify low threat to Brit values STATUS when with peers vs
having strong spirit -minorities need to pay/poor PARKIN - parents e.g. Zayn
MIRZA - of enterprise and adapt to majority conditions as black HALL- -ethnic minorities are and Jay Sean
-black women have strong supportive culture to stop workers seen as -immigrants were negatively privileged
unique insight and family networks inequality 2nd class citizens scapegoated as status groups and
can challenge that favour divide and rule- if problem and their face a concrete
stereotypes and economic success black and white culture as problem ceiling
dominant groups -immigrants workers are in creating and -ethnic majority/
brought strong conflict theres less divisive e.g. black White British use
CONNELL - entrepreneurial chance of a muggings and social closure to
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