Weberian and feminist theory

He defined power as the ability to impose ones will over others, regardless of their views or feelings. He said society was organised in a system of hierarchy being less able to dominate or resist. Power is based on class, party and status

• BARRON AND NORRIS

• WEBER

• JOHN GOLDTHORPE

• GIDDENS

He does an 11 point framework to try to measure and understand class. It helps to compare the life chances and the working conditions of the different groups

• JOHN GOLDTHORPE

• BARRON AND NORRIS

• REX AND TOMLINSON

Argues that the MC have recognised skills based on educational, professional and social qualifications that advantage them in the workforce, whereas the WC can only sell their labour. They are vulnerable to technological change which means that WC skills are not values and their job prospects are insecure.

• JOHN GOLDTHORPE

• REX AND TOMLINSON

• GIDDENS

They described the concept of the dual labour and suggests that there are 2 forms of labour. These are the primary and secondary.

• GIDDENS

• BARRON AND NORRIS

• REX AND TOMLINSON

They argue that ethnic minorities experience low class and low status in British society. This low class and status are compounded by racism so that ethnic minorities also lack political power.

• REX AND TOMLINSON

• MAX WEBER

• JOHN GOLDTHORPE

• BARRON AND NORRIS

Gender roles come from cultural ideas instead of biological factors. She argues that we are now able to disregard almost all the so-called consequences of the reproductive division between the sexes.

• KATE MILLET

• ANNE OAKLEY

• SYLVIA WALBY

highlighted how patriarchy penetrated society’s structures including literature, philosophy, psychology and politics. She sees the family as a key source of women’s oppression

• KATE MILLET

• SYLVIA WALBY

• FIRESTONE

• BEECHEY

patriarchy is embedded throughout society. Patriarchy is a system of 6 social structures in which men abominate, oppress and exploit. The 6 social structures capture the depth, pervasiveness and interconnectedness of women’s subordination.

• SYLVIA WALBY

• FIRESTONE

• BROWNMILLER

• MIRZA

she argues that the biology of childbirth necessitates he inevitable dependence of women and children on men, for protection if not subsistence. To be free from this Firestone suggests women must free themselves from child bearing.

• SUSAN BROWNMILLER

• SHULAMITH FIRESTONE

• HEIDI SAFIA MIRZA

working mothers are usually in low paid jobs, often part time, resulting in them still being financially dependent on their male partners. Refers to women as ‘semi-proletarianised’ workers and economically more disadvantaged than even the male working class. They are a ‘reserve army of labour’ and are first to be shed in recessions.

• SUSAN BROWNMILLER

• VERONICA BEECHEY

• KATE MILLET

• ANNE OAKLEY