3.3 identity and social class

savage et al 2013 - view on social class

bbc combined research, argues there are 7 different social classes

ken roberts 2011 - upper class identity

there is now one upper class that has been built upon public interactions, through school, events, such as Oxbridge. this has formed an old boys network , with shared values

savage 1995 - middle class identity

there are 4 types of middle class, these being

professionals - see themselves above society

managers

self employed - individualistic group

white collar

Robert McKenzie 2006 - decline in working class

found from research with steelworkers, strong sense of belonging to working class, also aware of the strong divide in working class and ruling class

Beverley Skeggs 2015 - how media present working class

tv shows present the working class as lazy, immoral and uncultured

Murray 1994 - the under class

new class below working class, consists of anti educationists, benefit dependents. found in depressed council estates, they pass on the underclass values to kids , and promote criminality

Jordan 1992 - impact of unemployment on class

being unemployed is a depressing time, as parents feel they cannot provide for kids in crucial times, jordan found they do not choose to be unemployed, but they blame the profit focused companies from moving away to exploit workers in a developing place

Crook, Pakulski and Waters (1992) - class as an identity

class identity has fragmented into many separate identities, young people can choose to be what hey want

Harriet Bradley 1996 - class as an identity

accepts class is becoming weaker, but also take into consideration other factors such as gender, age, ethnicity.