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social class inequality explanations - Coggle Diagram
social class inequality explanations
Althusser (marxist)
ISA= ideological state apparatus. education, religion and media
RSA=repressive state apparatus: CJS, government, law
ISA and RSA
Durkheim
sets limits on people's aspirations but also makes them work hard
people should specialise in occupations, graded in terms of value to society
labour division is functional
Davis and Moore
role allocation
Saunders
equality of opportunity
legal equality
believes that m/c children are more able and intelligent than w/c
Bowles and Gintis
myth of meritocracy
education legitimises success of upper and middle class children
Bourdieu
upper and middle class children have more cultural capital so are guaranteed economic and educational success
Murray
poor socialisation: boys (poor impulse control, sexual predators) girls (lack of father figure, vulnerable, seek FF, teen pregnancy). lack of father= lack of discipline
socialised into dependency culture, dependence on welfare
long term unemployed and single parent families, existence of the underclass
Parsons
meritocratic society
social stratification is fair and inevitable
incentives- talented people work hard and are rewarded accordingly
other marxist terms
false class consciousness: proletariat unaware they are being exploited
infrastructure: 2 components= means and social relations of production
superstructure: education and religion, reproduces and legitimises ruling class ideologies