Defining Social Class
• Social class refers to the economic differences between
economic groups
• Marx and Engels
• Petite bourgeoisie
• National Statistics Socio-Economic Classification
(government classification)
• Savage et al – joint research between the BBC and
sociologists at Manchester University – based on ideas
of Bourdieu
, Upper Class Identity
Roberts:
• Old and new upper class – now fully integrated
• Common identity and culture through the operation of ‘the
establishment’
• High rates of inter-marriage
• Promote values of conservatism and hostility towards socialist
ideals
Scott:
• Conservative values of tradition and the acceptance of privilege,
hierarchy and authority are regarded as important aspects of
upper-class identity
• Self-selecting and exclusive elite
• ‘social closure’
• Social class refers to the economic differences between
economic groups
• Marx and Engels
• Petite bourgeoisie
• National Statistics Socio-Economic Classification
(government classification)
• Savage et al – joint research between the BBC and
sociologists at Manchester University – based on ideas
of Bourdieu
, Upper Class Identity
Roberts:
• Old and new upper class – now fully integrated
• Common identity and culture through the operation of ‘the
establishment’
• High rates of inter-marriage
• Promote values of conservatism and hostility towards socialist
ideals
Scott:
• Conservative values of tradition and the acceptance of privilege,
hierarchy and authority are regarded as important aspects of
upper-class identity
• Self-selecting and exclusive elite
• ‘social closure’
