Inequality
- Created by: jesskeayy
- Created on: 07-06-17 16:37
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- Inequality
- Consensus theories
- Functionalists
- New Right
- Society is a hierarchy of layers
- Differences in wealth and income can be explained by differences in the abilities of people or the value of their work that they put into society
- People that are at the top of society are those that are of the most value
- The poor are often responsible for their low social position, as they don't bring anything valuable into society
- This suggests that the poor are in that position due to their own immorality
- The poor are often responsible for their low social position, as they don't bring anything valuable into society
- This is criticised by feminists, as this approach suggests that for gender, consensus somehow suggests that women are less worthy than men
- Conflict theories
- Marxist
- Feminist
- Society is made up of competing groups
- Each group in society conflicts with one another for power and wealth
- Conflict theories recognise the significance of social structures in creating disadvantages for certain groups
- Criticised for reducing inequality to a single factor i.e. gender or class or ethnicity
- Inequality is more complex than one single factor
- Assume that people of lower class WILL experience inequality, not judging it also from other factors
- Social mobility is not impossible
- Consensus theories
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