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inequality and class
postmodernism
Class is something that is structured around modernity , postmodernists reject the idea of class
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Postmodernists suggest that inequality is divided into different aspects such as economic , power and prestige - similar to Weberian
critisms
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Although the lines may be blurred there are classes , Working class have distinct characteristics
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It is very theoretical , there isn't much evidence behind it
new right
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See society as meritocratic , the best people get to live in the upper class because they’ve worked hard
Inequality is justified as it is a tool to pressure members of society into working harder similar to functionalist
saunders
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Someone who has private healthcare , a good income and doesn’t require any support can be seen as higher class
The underclass and working class are of a lower class because they rely heavily on state intervention
Saunders (2010) later says that there is social mobility and those who are poorer it is their own fault for their inequality as they do not work hard enough and rely on this consumption cleavage
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criticisms
Consumer Cleavage is a difficult theory to use as often working class have support from government to subsidies working – IE working childcare credits
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feminism
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Liberal feminists look at it through the workplace , women and men from working class are both exploited
Dworkin (Radical Feminist) - women form a gender class , it is below working class as they are heavily opressed as a group
Marxist feminists – highlight the inequality women face at working class from capitalism – Dunscome and Marsden triple shift
criticisms
A lot of early feminism was written by middle class women – they did not look at the position of working class women
Feminists look at intersectionality – which puts class under the umbrella of inequality – Age , Gender , Class , Ethnicity
Feminists highlight that inequality happens for both sexes in the working class , however women are far more likely to face inequality