Devine (1992)

• When did Devine conduct their research?

  1992
• What did Devine find out about the workers in her sample when compared to the workers in Goldthorpe's sample that went against initial predictions?

  They weren't as privatised and home - centred as described in Goldthorpe's study. They were still community based not individualistic.
• Were the workers in Divine's study as communal as the traditional working class?


  No
• During the interviews conducted by Divine, what were workers critical of?

  Capitalism, despite rising living standards, their political beliefs weren't solely individualistic.
• During the interviews conducted by Divine, what were workers critical of?

  Capitalism, despite rising living standards, their political beliefs weren't solely individualistic.
• Goldthrope's study suggested people moved to Luton for positive reasons, for highly paid work in the car industry. What did Divine's research argue the cause for people moving to Luton was in the 1990s?

  Many workers were forced to move to Luton to gain employment and did so reluctantly. Whilst others moved to join family and friends.
• Who did Divine interview during their research?

  62 Luton resident all of whom were either workers at Vauxhall car plant or their wives
• Divine found that their interviewees were?

  Geographically mobile