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What are the 3 sub groups seen in the upper class and what distinguishes them from eachother?
Traditional/aristocracy
Industry+commerce
Media stars
Group 1 is “old money” whilst groups 2 and 3 are the “nouveau riche” who try to emulate group 1
What does Scott (1991) say the main features of traditional upper class subculture are? (5)
Exclusive primary and secondary socialisation (e.g. intermarriage)
Military service
high culture and etiquette
servants
specific leisure activities
What do savage (1995) and Roberts (2001) say are the general features of middle class subculture? (7)
Due to their size, it’s difficult to generalise the m/c but their subculture usually consists of:
Committal to education and career
Individualism and family interest
Future time orientation
deferred gratification
Respect for high culture
Concern with wellbeing
What does Lawler (2005) note about the middle class’ attitude to high vs low culture?
They see their tastes as superior to the (usually white) working class.
What are the main features of traditional working class subculture? (6)
Not nearly as big as it once was (death of industries)
Collectivist
Traditionalist (e.g. patriarchal)
Solidarity, us Vs them mentality
Job over education
voted for old labour
What did Charlesworth (2000) find in the way traditional working class people interacted with each other?
They used insults and expletives as terms of endearment.
What 4 features did Hoggart (1969) find in a traditional, northern working class community?
Immediate gratification
present time orientation
Fatalism
Maintaining respectability
What are the main features of new working class subculture? (5)
Individualistic
work as means to an end
consumerism
less patriarchal
high levels of home ownership
What are the main aspects of underclass subculture and who developed the idea? (4)
An idea from New right sociologist Murray
stereotypes of deviant benefit scroungers
“culture of dependency”
High levels of crime from an early age
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