What is Poverty?
Poverty is not having access to the basic things in life, considered normal in a society.
Social class, wealth and income inequalities
Social class, wealth and income inequalities
Crime and Deviance, Social class, wealth and income inequalities
Social Class and Crime
Prison statistics suggest the lower class commit more crime, which consensus theorists and right realists accept, but Marxists believe the crimes of the elite are hidden and yet more harmful.
education, Social class, wealth and income inequalities
White Working-Class Pupils and Educational Achievement
Pupils from White British working-class backgrounds, measured as those eligible for free school meals, have some of the lowest educational
Social class, wealth and income inequalities, Sociology on TV
Mary Berry’s Cultural Capital and Gregg Wallace’s Love of Sociology
Mary Berry’s recent comments against deep fat fryers and Jaffa cake dunking could be interpreted (using Bourdieu) as an example of
Social class, wealth and income inequalities, Social Theories
Sociological Analysis of The Olympics
The British media love The Olympics, especially when ‘Team GB’ are so successful, but there’s a lot more to individual
Social class, wealth and income inequalities
Social Class – An Introduction to the Concept
What is social class? Outlining the Registrar General’s Scale, and the New British Class Survey.
research methods, Social class, wealth and income inequalities, Statistics
Wealth and Income inequality in the UK
The richest 10% are 133 times wealthier than the poorest 10%. This post explores statistics on wealth and income inequalities in the UK
Marxism, Social class, wealth and income inequalities, Social Theories
Gramsci’s Cultural Hegemony and Humanistic Marxism
Antonio Gramsci was a neo-Marxist thinker best known for developing the concept of cultural hegemony — the idea that the
Social class, wealth and income inequalities, Statistics
Income Inequality in the UK – Some Infographics
Stratification is one of the core themes within A level Sociology and Sociology more generally. One of the major sources
education, research methods, Social Action Theory (Interpretivism and Interactionism), Social class, wealth and income inequalities
Paul Willis: Learning to Labour (1977)
The counter school culture resisted the school but ultimately limited working class kids to getting working class jobs