Weberianism: explanation for class inequality
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- Weberianism: explanation of class inequality
- Social class
- social classes exist in society and some have significantly better life chances in regards to health, education, income etc, than others
- a social class is made up of people who share a similar market and work situation
- Social mobility
- people are able to move between social classes which prevents rigid classes from forming
- social mobility is a genuine feature of contemporary life and helps to explain why those at the bottom of the class structure are unlikely to rebel, as improvement is always possible
- Divisions
- divisions between those who own property and those who don't is important
- distinctions between those working in non-manual employment and those in manual work (with non-manual viewed as higher status) are equally important
- Weber explained this would cause fragmentation
- distinctions between those working in non-manual employment and those in manual work (with non-manual viewed as higher status) are equally important
- divisions between those who own property and those who don't is important
- Goldthorpe & Heath
- society could be divided into three main social groups, they key point of division being the different work and market situations each group shared
- Social class
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