WORKING CLASS

• How did Lockwood describe the working class subculkture?

  living in close communities built around industry

  Strong social solidarity

  Socialise with workmates

  Low social and geographical mobility

  Collective goals

  Fatalism, present time orientation

  Us vs them mentality
• What does Lockwood call the working class?

  Proletarian Traditionalists
• What has reduced the size of the working class?

  de-industrialisation, the UKs manufacturing sector has shrunk by 2/3 in the Last 30 years
• What did Fulcher and Scott say?

  the decline in working class occupations has not changed how the working class identify themselves
• do people still identify themselves as working class?

  Yes, 60% say they are working class. Just under half of those in managerial and professional jobs say they are working class. Those who identify as working class are more likely to say there is a wide divide between social classes, they also tend to express distinct attitudes on immigration and social issues
• What does embourgeoisement mean?

  living standards have increased, causing the working class to become more like the middle class
• How did Goldthorpe test embourgeoisiement?

  studied car workers in Luton, looked at attitudes to work, political views, views of society and interaction between classes
• What were the results of Goldthorpes study?

  embourgeoisement was not taking place, instead a new working class had formed with a more money focused approach to work and politics