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Social class RLO index
Metadata
Title:
Social class
Keywords:
class, conflict, occupation, inequality, NS-SEC
Author:
Kath Maguire ©
Related concepts:
Topic:
Medical sociology
Duration:
10 minutes
Learning objective:
Understanding the concept of social class, how it is modelled and some of the problems attached
Summary:
Developer:
Dawn Leeder ©
Resources
Title:
Social class
URL:
http://www.esher.ac.uk/scextranet/sociology/socialclass.htm
Institution:
Esher College
Department:
Sociology
Author:
Steve Anstee
Short description:
A detailed introduction to the concepts associated with social class from Esher College. Includes: Introduction; Embourgeoisement; Class: An introduction a detailed overview; Class: The Government's new model; Post Capitalist Society Implications for class debate; Social Class A general definition; Weber and Social Class; The Underclass.
Last updated:
unknown
Date discovered:
13/09/02
Discovered by:
Dawn Leeder
Search terms:
class, conflict, occupation, inequality, NS-SEC
Search engine:
Google
Title:
The National Statistics Socio-economic Classification: Unifying Official and Sociological Approaches to the Conceptualisation and Measurement of Social Class
URL:
http://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/pubs/workpaps/pdf/2001-04.pdf
Institution:
Essex University Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)
Department:
Author:
David Rose & David J. Pevalin
Short description:
A working paper describing the history to social classifications in the UK, reviewing the strengths and weaknesses of the former Registrar General's classifciations based on occupation, and discussing the conceptual basis and construction of the new NS-SEC classification. There is also a comparison of other European national classifications.
Last updated:
March 2001
Date discovered:
13/09/02
Discovered by:
Dawn Leeder
Search terms:
class, conflict, occupation, inequality, NS-SEC
Search engine:
Google
Page created: 13 September, 2002
Last updated: 17 October, 2019 2:08 PM
By: Dawn Leeder ©