U2 Researching + understanding social inequalities
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OCR Sociology paper 2 class inequality summary
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This summary sheet lists sociologists that discuss class 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.
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SOCIAL CLASS INEQUALITIES - THEORY REVISION
MARXISM NEO-MARXISM MARXIST FUNCTIONALISM NEW RIGHT WEBERIAN POSTMODERNISM
FEMINIST
MARX - GRAMSCI - BENSTON - DURKHEIM - SAUNDERS - WEBER - PAKULSKI AND
-infrastructure and -hegemony where -a wife keeps her -specialised -a degree of -Agreed with Marx WATERS -
superstructure the ruling class get husband in good occupational division inequality is that ownership of -globalisation and media
-infrastructure shapes just enough working running order by of labour where desirable and property and capital tech help construct our
superstructure e.g. class people on feeding and caring people have different functional to is important, but identity from a wide
education is shape by their side to follow for him which helps skills and abilities encourage party and status are range of influences so
capitalist economy ruling class capitalism run -characterised by competition also important in we can pick and choose
-ruling class own ideologies so a smoothly social divisions and -economic explaining identities based on what
majority of wealth and revolution doesn't -womens unpaid people are content growth has differences between we consume
design systems so happen. Force is not labour also helps with this raised standard groups -different things from
they stay in power and needed just capitalism -value consensus of living for -propertied upper different classes e.g.
ownership of wealth persuasion -men told to where people accept everyone class: wealthy big football traditionally
-bourgeoisie own provide for their legitimacy of -social mobility business owners associated with WC now
means of production WRIGHT - family so won't stratification where -competition -property-less white for everyone
and exploit the -contradictory class challenge occupations are ensures goods collar workers: -existence of multiple
proletariat position occupied by capitalism graded in terms of and services better market identities means class
-mutual dependency middle class as they value to society- increase in situation than dimensions of identity
and conflict where are still exploited by FEELEY - greater rewards for quality and fall manual workers and inequality are no
proletariat sell labour bourgeoisie but still -women emerge greater effort in price so because of skills longer meaningful
to survive and exploit working from family life -stratification is they're and qualifications where fragmentation
bourgeoisie dependent class as they hold preconditioned to beneficial as limits available to so form middle has led to greater
on workers but managerial or accept their place competition and wider range class individualisation
bourgeoisie still gains supervisory roles in the capitalist aspirations -standards of -petty bourgeoisie: BECK -
more in terms of profits where they have hierarchy. Family -ascription leads to living will small business -live in a risk society
-ruling class ideology partial control designed to teach conflict because no constantly owners where innovation,tech
passed on through passivity not choice in roles increase –manual workers: and biological
society and false class BRAVERMAAN - rebellion -moral order disrupted despite not poorest market developments has
consciousness occurs -proletarianisation -socialises family to by sudden shifts in everyone able situation as dont meant were exposed to
where proletariat can’t where the middle accept traditional society to afford have wealth or risks of the unknown;
see exploitation class start to identify roles and therefore consumer qualifications to risks posed to everyone
-revolution will occur more with working capitalism PARSONS - products improve situation despite their social class
but difficult due to class in terms of pay supported by the -ranking in society is initially -fragmentation of e.g. COVID
alienation and and control family based on a consensus -trickle down class groups as too
objectification -professional jobs of what is socially theory where internally divided FURLONG AND
have become valued: kinship (family entrepreneurial CARTMEL -
deskilled as they status), personal efforts make DRAPER - -Britain is a postmodern
WESTERGAARD - lose power and are ANSLEY - qualities, some rich but -middle class is so society which can have
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