Whilst they claim that a meritocratic society gives high reward (financially and status-wise) to motivate the most gifted and inequality means those disadvantaged wish to improve on their position, there is much resentment over "fat-cat" pay packets in today's world. ... Women make up a reserve army of labour, hired when the economy is booming, then freely made redundant later with the ideology suggesting that they have gone back to their "proper jobs", i.e. homemakers. ...

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This will affect the way the students view themselves hence if they're labeled 'thick' they may act accordingly and give up, therefore increasing the social class difference as the students will evidently fail in education and therefore will not be able to aim for high pay jobs. ... As a result of labeling the boys in his study rejected school's values and created an anti-school subculture and as a result of this they end up with working class jobs. ...

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This links with Marx's theory of the 'chain of inheritance' within families, as kin passes down items such as properties and businesses, benefitting Capitalism and the ruling class, whilst oppressing the under class's chance of working a better job. ... With benefits such as Job Seekers' Allowance and Child Benefit, many families depend on this income as a way of supporting their families. ...

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