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. ... Crompton (1998) gives the example of him identifying numerous class such as the industrial and petty bourgeoisie, financiers and "lumpenproletariat" in his account of "The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte" (1962). ...

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This question asks us to deal with the reasons why there seems to be a trend in society where by the working and under classes seem to represent a high percentage of the over all crime statistics, and asks us to give an explanation to answer this. I would like examine the Marxist view point to begin with, since this view point in my opinion, gives the fullest and most adequate answer possible in trying to explain continual working class crime. ... Gordon concludes: - "Most crimes in this country share a single important similarity - they represent rational ...

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The figure of Bruno also gives an intense dramatic impact: Bruno can be seen as Antonio's alter ego: he acts as his father (when he reprimands him of having lost his bicycle), he is his saviour (he saved his father from being lynched), and he is also his conscience, as he always gives him advice. ... Consequently I do not believe that realism is purely a matter of style, since De Sica's purpose was to create something not only realistic, but also different, thus giving the viewer something entirely fresh and unconventional. ...

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Because, it is not the "norm" that children attend school with an unpleasant smell and looking dirty (Reference) argues that, teachers let the pupils do the "bullying" to keep up to the standards of the institutional habitus and expectations, what is more in correspondence to (Mills, 2002), a person who is from a disadvantage background can benefit being in a institutional habitus, as it therefore can change their outcome to the child, by the professionals leading and giving them the right information to the child. ...

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Functionalism gives a rose-tinted perspective on the family, as with views such as the 'warm bath theory', it creates a perfect picture of monogamous, love-filled relationships and reproduction, creating a cycle in which forms society. ...

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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. ...

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