Age Inequalities Explanations

Maintaining social order and focusing on cultural causes of inequality is given by which theoretical perspective?

• Consensus

• Conflict

Theories that focus on the structural causes of inequality are known as?

• Consensus

• Conflict

For Functionalists, youth culture is often a time associated with turmoil and rebellion. Who's perspective is this?

• Durkheim

• Parsons

• Eisenstadt

• Patterson

Match the following

• Reserve Army of Labour

• The idea that some members of society are a secondary source of labour, which can be applied to the young and the elderly.

• Cosmeticisation

• Places the elderly as a burden in society, capitalist societies need to continue to renew their workforce to maximise profits by younger workforce.

• Disengagement Theory

• Women are expected to combat ageing, where women are encouraged to improve their appearance.

• Political Economy Theory

• Functionalist view to explain inequality, when a person's ability starts to deteriorate and responsibilities begin to diminish/change.

Match the following Weberian Key Terms

• Social class affects life chances and opens up the possibility of mobility

• Party

• Women's movements, national movements, peace movements.

• New social Movements

• Groups who are concerned with exercising power and decision making.

• Market Situation

• Members of a social class who share similar rewards.

• Multi-Class Models

• Distinguishing occupational classes by their market situation including multiple models.

• Social Mobility and Life Chances

For Weber, there were three dimensions to stratification within society. Select below the applicable.

• Class

• Capital

• Status

• Party

The concept of 'Party' for Weber means ...

• Receiving the same economic rewards

• Access to broader opportunities such as education, housing etc.

• Finding others in society with a similar status.

• Groups who exercise power or influence decision making.

Match the following Weberian Concepts for Age Inequalities.

• Activity Theory

• The social segregation of the elderly, perhaps in the media.

• Exchange Theory

• Age discrimination is best understood in terms of status. Both the elderly and the young experience stigma due to not having what it takes to achieve high status,

• Negatively Privileged Status Groups

• Staying mentally and physically active increases ones happiness, therefore reducing the negative experience of ageing.

The portrayal of the elderly as 'useless, lonely, dependent and unable to learn' comes from which social theory?

• Post Modernism

• Interactionism

• Marxism

'Folk Devils' and the concept of 'moral panics' can cross over from YSC to age inequalities. Who are these concepts presented by?

• Polemus

• Jefferson

• Cohen

• Parsons