Social class - AQA GCSE SOCIOLOGY

__________ believe society is meritocratic!

The embourgeoisement thesis is...

• when the proletariat become the boss

• when the bourgeoisie become the proletariat following their norms and values as their living standards decreased

• when the jobs started to disappear so the companies advertised more jobs

• when working class-families were following middle-class norms and values as their incomes and living standards improved

Routes into social mobility include:

• Educational achievements e.g. a degree

• Marriage

• Praying

• Winning the lottery or having a big inheritance

• Being a female

_________ ______________ is when social class is no longer linked to voting behaviour

Butler and Watt (2007) believed that social class doesn't matter as much in today's society because....

• ...class identities have become stronger over time

• ..class identities have weakened over time

• ...social class is made up

• ...social class is easy to move up and down from

The British Social Attitudes survey (2016)'s results suggests..

• ...that we are all products of society

• ...that no-one has a social class

• ...that people’s class identity is influenced by their family background and educational attainments

• ...that people's class is influenced by their schooling only

Economic changes such as the recession has..

• made people aware of social class differences

• made people aware of their role

• make people aware of their wants in society

The _____________ Act was put in place to avoid age discrimination