DAVIS & MOORE

Inequality is a ‘universal

necessity’ in all societies

Functionally important roles

attract the highest rewards due

to the sacrifices made for

education

SOCIAL STRATIFICATION

GCSEFunctionalist

perspective Method :

secondary data

DEVINE

Affluent workers revisited

Found evidence of rising living

standards but many continued to

resent the privileges of inherited

wealth

SOCIAL STRATIFICATION

GCSEMethod : unstructured

interviews

MARX

Capitalism – the bourgeoisie control

means of production

Political power comes from economic

power

Ideology allows for exploitation

Polarisation of social classes

SOCIAL STRATIFICATION

GCSEMarxist perspective

Method : other

sociologists work

MURRAY

Underclass emerged due to

government policy

Benefits meant people lost

interest in getting jobs

Loss of traditional values

SOCIAL STRATIFICATION GCSE

New Right

perspective Method : other

sociologists work

TOWNSEND

Relative deprivation index

Ways of defining poverty:

1. State’s standard (official

statistics)

2. Relative income standard

3. Relative deprivation

SOCIAL STRATIFICATION GCSE

Method : questionnaires –

6000 participants

WALBY

Patriarchal structures:

1. Household

2. Paid work

3. The state

4. Male violence

5. Sexuality

6. Cultural institutions

SOCIAL STRATIFICATION GCSE

Feminist

perspective Method : other

sociologists work

WEBER

Market situations and life chances

Expansion of the middle class

Sources of power: traditional, legal rational,

charismatic

Social closure

SOCIAL STRATIFICATION GCSE

Interactionist

perspective Method :

secondary data