Social Class And Coping Strategies
Social Class
Introduction
This report provides information obtained through research, regarding Social Class. This report will pay particular attention to the Historical Background, Contextual Factors, and Coping Strategies offering some explanation, findings and recommendations. The report will comment on the prospects of social class and make recommendations that would improve Social class as a problem for individuals as well as organizations. These observations do have limitations as social class is a very broad problem and cannot be thoroughly be covered in this report.
Definition of terms
Scientific Definition: According to Karl Marx, what distinguishes one type of society from another is its mode of production (i.e., the nature of …show more content…
People lower in the hierarchy of social class like working class people achieve lower attainment in education than people higher in hierarchy. There is however a similar range of ability in every social class which means that difference in educational achievement are not due to class difference in intelligence but due to other factors like lack of finances, low aspirations, low expectations, lack of gratification etc. all of which are more apparent in the working class.
FAMILY WEALTH AND BACKGROUND- Wealthier family with a good background tend to be in upper class and live a luxurious life as they can buy expensive things easily hence tend to be more successful in life.
POWER- This is the main factor as it is the position of individuals in the market that determines the class position therefore the more power one has, the more one tends to be in higher classes. Regardless of Education and skills or family …show more content…
The everyday lives of members of this class are precarious.
Traditional working class: This class scores low on all forms of the three capitals although they are not the poorest group. The average age of this class is older than the others.
Emergent service workers: This new class has low economic capital but has high levels of emerging cultural capital and high social capital. This group is young and often found in urban areas.
Technical middle class: This is a new, small class with high economic capital but seem less culturally engaged. They have relatively few social contacts and so are less socially engaged.
New affluent workers: This class has medium levels of economic capital and higher levels of cultural and social capital. They are a young and active group.
Established middle class: Members of this class have high levels of all three capitals although not as high as the elite.
Elite: This is the most privileged class in who has high levels of all three capitals. Their high amount of economic capital sets them apart from everyone
Introduction
This report provides information obtained through research, regarding Social Class. This report will pay particular attention to the Historical Background, Contextual Factors, and Coping Strategies offering some explanation, findings and recommendations. The report will comment on the prospects of social class and make recommendations that would improve Social class as a problem for individuals as well as organizations. These observations do have limitations as social class is a very broad problem and cannot be thoroughly be covered in this report.
Definition of terms
Scientific Definition: According to Karl Marx, what distinguishes one type of society from another is its mode of production (i.e., the nature of …show more content…
People lower in the hierarchy of social class like working class people achieve lower attainment in education than people higher in hierarchy. There is however a similar range of ability in every social class which means that difference in educational achievement are not due to class difference in intelligence but due to other factors like lack of finances, low aspirations, low expectations, lack of gratification etc. all of which are more apparent in the working class.
FAMILY WEALTH AND BACKGROUND- Wealthier family with a good background tend to be in upper class and live a luxurious life as they can buy expensive things easily hence tend to be more successful in life.
POWER- This is the main factor as it is the position of individuals in the market that determines the class position therefore the more power one has, the more one tends to be in higher classes. Regardless of Education and skills or family …show more content…
The everyday lives of members of this class are precarious.
Traditional working class: This class scores low on all forms of the three capitals although they are not the poorest group. The average age of this class is older than the others.
Emergent service workers: This new class has low economic capital but has high levels of emerging cultural capital and high social capital. This group is young and often found in urban areas.
Technical middle class: This is a new, small class with high economic capital but seem less culturally engaged. They have relatively few social contacts and so are less socially engaged.
New affluent workers: This class has medium levels of economic capital and higher levels of cultural and social capital. They are a young and active group.
Established middle class: Members of this class have high levels of all three capitals although not as high as the elite.
Elite: This is the most privileged class in who has high levels of all three capitals. Their high amount of economic capital sets them apart from everyone