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How is social class related to identity?

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Social class is a group sharing similar economic and social situations, this affects their economic circumstances of their upbringing (housing, school, health etc.)

A product of socialisation, started from the family and related to cultural characteristics (lifestyle, taste, occupation, education)

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MURRAY “UNDERCLASS”

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Over generous benefit system encourage some people to develop a culture of dependency, they don’t take responsibilities for their actions and expect the state to care for them.

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HUTTON “W/C AND TRADE UNIONS”

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Decline in trade union memberships and manufacturing sector and disposal of w/c communities eroded the w/c.

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SKEGGS “W/C WOMEN”

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W/c women felt humiliated by how teachers and doctors dismissed them due to their social class background.

Women made efforts ton be respectable based on their appearance.

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FOX “DIFFERENTIATE MIDDLE CLASS”

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Upper middles, middle middles and lower middles highlights the differences in the m/c and the differences within public sector professionals (teachers) and private (lawyers).

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MACKINTOSH AND MOONEY “UPPER CLASS INVISIBILITY”

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Upper class were seen as invisible as their education, leisure time and daily lives are separated from the rest of the population.

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SAVAGE ET AL “WEAK CLASS IDENTITIES”

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From the sample few concluded Britain was a classless society.

Most of the sample saw themselves as outside classes and just ordinary individuals.

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PAKULSKI AND WALTERS “PRODUCTION OVER CONSUMPTION”

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Shift from production to consumption in identity defining - were defined by what we buy.

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OFFE “FULL TIME WORK”

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Fewer people share a common unifying experience of full time work, the experiences used to shape the culture of social classes.

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MARSHALL ET AL “STRONG CLASS IDENTITIES”

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60% of their sample thought they belonged to a particular social class.

75% agreed people are born into social class and it’s hard to move.