Social Class In Society
Introduction:Part (b) In order to answer this question we must compare the influence of class in contemporary society against that of earlier times. The earliest time we can do this is from the point when the concept of class first emerged (Marx and Weber). We must also understand what 'class ' is.
Social class is a very significant as it can provide us with a sense of belonging. It is however a highly disputed concept within social science. The UK is often seen as a class-ridden society, however there is little agreement over its meaning, measurement, or how it should be used as an explanatory device. It is a subject of continual arguments and it is dominated by two distinguishing traditions of thought - Marxism and Weberianism.
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Those barriers prevent interaction between the classes which means that there is lesser understanding between the classes which then causes conflict. This then becomes an 'us ' and 'them ' situation and as soon as that is created it underlines the difference between social groups. Identities are then formed from the …show more content…
It was widely argued that well paid sections of the working class were increasingly adopting middle class values and lifestyles, thus eroding working class identities. Goldthorpe Et al (1969) suggested that there was little evidence to support these claims but there were signs that working class identity was fragmented and a growing differentiation among 'new ' working class was developing (Ibid p105).
The justification in saying that there has been a move from collective to individual identities is because class, as a source of collective identity, was eroded by a more individualistic and consumerist culture. It was replaced by a more home centred or 'privatized ' non-work-based sense of identity vigorously in the 1980 's and 1990 's (Ibid p105). Insecurity through unstable markets and work places may be able to have accounted for the individualisation of individuals and thus causing a break from work based
Social class is a very significant as it can provide us with a sense of belonging. It is however a highly disputed concept within social science. The UK is often seen as a class-ridden society, however there is little agreement over its meaning, measurement, or how it should be used as an explanatory device. It is a subject of continual arguments and it is dominated by two distinguishing traditions of thought - Marxism and Weberianism.
In the …show more content…
Those barriers prevent interaction between the classes which means that there is lesser understanding between the classes which then causes conflict. This then becomes an 'us ' and 'them ' situation and as soon as that is created it underlines the difference between social groups. Identities are then formed from the …show more content…
It was widely argued that well paid sections of the working class were increasingly adopting middle class values and lifestyles, thus eroding working class identities. Goldthorpe Et al (1969) suggested that there was little evidence to support these claims but there were signs that working class identity was fragmented and a growing differentiation among 'new ' working class was developing (Ibid p105).
The justification in saying that there has been a move from collective to individual identities is because class, as a source of collective identity, was eroded by a more individualistic and consumerist culture. It was replaced by a more home centred or 'privatized ' non-work-based sense of identity vigorously in the 1980 's and 1990 's (Ibid p105). Insecurity through unstable markets and work places may be able to have accounted for the individualisation of individuals and thus causing a break from work based