Middle Class

• The Middle Class are now seen as the majority of th population by sociologists
• Traditionally, the middle class are associated with having managerial or professional careers (those who have had university education, and own their own homes etc.)
• However, nowadays, more of the population can access home ownership and university education
• In the Middle Class, more people are becoming self-employed & there are far fewer people working in manual jobs
• The Middle Class is the most diverse class as there is a variety of people with very different outcomes, attitudes and lifestyles
• Fox (2004) focused on the Middle Class
• Fox (2004) put forward the idea of 'upper middles', 'middle middles' & 'lower middles' to highlight the differences within the middle class
• In the middle class, there is also a big difference between public sector professionals (e.g. teachers & nurses) compared to private sector professionals (e.g. lawyers & bankers), so it is unlikely everyone see themselves as middle class shares a common experience/identity