Weberian theory

• Weberian theory looks into party, class, and status
• Weberian theory defines 4 classes; propertied upper class, petty bourgeoisie, property-less white collar workers, and manual working class
• Horizontal segregation is the different jobs taken up by different groups EG white individuals are more likely to access white collar work while ethnic minorities take up part time employment
• Vertical segregation is certain groups having greater upward social mobility and being more able to access the top paying jobs in society
• Barron and Norris (1976) dual labour market shows white individual as likely to take part in secure primary work and minorities to take part in low pay secondary work
• Ethnic minorities experience social closure (Mackintosh and Mooney 2004) as they are not able to access the upper classes that white individuals take part in
• Fragmentation is the is the creation of more social classes as different classes experience different levels of social mobility
• Rex and Tomlinson (1979) ethnic minorities experienced relative deprivation pushing them into an underclass as they experienced social closure separating them from white individuals