inequality functionalism new right marxism weberian neo-weberianism

Question 1

Which crime did Stuart Hall focus on in the 1970's?

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mugging

Question 2

Which one of these writers puts forward a New Right view of inequality?

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Peter Saunders

Question 3

Marx calls groups such as shopkeepers and small business people as?

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The petty bourgeoisie

Question 4

Which of the following sociologists is not a (neo) Marxist??

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Charles Murray

Question 5

Which term is most associated with Gramsci?

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Hegemony

Question 6

Supporters of which two perspectives are most likely to see Britain as meritocratic

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Functionalsm, The New Right

Question 7

Which measure is not a Neo-Liberal policy?

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positive discrimination

Question 8

Which country did Marx end up in and is buried?

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England

Question 9

Which terms is not linked to Marxism?

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idealism

Question 10

What book focused on the the social problems caused by growing inequality?

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The Spirit Level

Question 11

which is not a neo weberian term?

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reserve army of labour

Question 12

According to Bauman who are the unemployed, low paid and those in insecure, casual employment?

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The repressed

Question 13

Which "school" focused on mass culture and the media?

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Frankfurt

Question 14

Which one of these groups does Charles Murray not see as part of the underclass?

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Pensioners

Question 15

Which perspective is the key critic of Weberian and neo Weberian theories of class?

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Marxist

Question 16

What does a person's class shape?

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lifechances

Question 17

When the classes are pushed further and further apart?

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polarisation

Question 18

Who is not a postmodernist according to the AQA handout?

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Bourdieu

Question 19

Which economic theory underpins the New Right perspective?

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Neo-Liberalism

Question 20

Which epoch featured slaves and slave owners?

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Ancient City State

Question 21

What situation determines a person's class according to Weber?

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stall, shop, store

Question 22

Which part of society is not in the superstructure according to Marxists?

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economy

Question 23

What category is class now according to Beck?

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Zombie

Question 24

Which book did Marx not write?

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The Conditions of the Working Class England

Question 25

What term did Marx use to describe profit from labour?

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surplus value

Question 26

What is happening to working class work according to Braverman?

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deskilling

Question 27

What are the two parts of the superstructure according to Althusser?

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R.S.A., I.S.A.

Question 28

Which one of these statements would Talcott Parsons agree with?

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Stratification is an inevitable feature of human societies

Question 29

What Marxist term refers to unfulfilled, dissatisfied workers?

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alienation

Question 30

which is not one of Goldthorpe's 3 general classes?

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clerical

Question 31

Which is not one on weber's ideal types of inequality?

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ROLE

Question 32

Which one of these is an examples of an achieved status?

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President of the USA / high status

Question 33

Which Miliband write The State in Capitalist Society?

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Ralph

Question 34

where status groups seek to preserve their honour and prestige it is known as?

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social closure

Question 35

Which drug is linked to religion according to Marx?

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Opium

Question 36

Who focused on contradictory class locations?

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Erik Wright

Question 37

Which country was (is) not a former Communist country?

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Japan

Question 38

Who stated that the state is relatively autonomous?

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Poulantzas

Question 39

Which one of these is not a criticism of Davis and Moore's theory of stratification

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People need higher rewards to motivate them to work hard

Question 40

Who wrote about Chavs: the demonisation of the working class?

Accepted Answer

Owen Jones

inequality functionalism new right marxism weberian neo-weberianism

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