Contemporary British society: a new introduction to sociology
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| adam_text | Contents
Acknowledgements xv
How to Use this Book xix
Maps xxi xxii
List of Plates xxiii
1 INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 Approaching Sociology 1
1.2 Modern Societies 3
1.3 Contemporary Britain 8
2 WORK AND INDUSTRY 14
2.1 Introduction 14
2.2 Economic Restructuring 18
The international division of labour 18
The effects of restructuring 23
Summary 23
2.3 Ownership and Control 23
Concentration and control 24
Ownership and control 31
Summary 34
Related topics 35
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2.4 Economic Organizations and Management 35
The internal structure of economic organizations 36
Management 41
Summary 44
Related topics 44
2.5 The Labour Process 45
The experience of work 45
Deskilling 47
Organizations, technology and the quality of work 49
Managerial strategies and control at work 52
Trends and tendencies: towards flexibility? 56
Summary 61
Related topics 62
2.6 Trade Unions and Industrial Relations 62
Unions, politics and the law 64
Trade union organization and membership 66
Workplace bargaining 71
Industrial conflict 76
Summary 79
Related topics 79
2.7 Professional Occupations and Associations 80
Occupational control 82
Professionalization as an occupational strategy 83
Professional knowledge 85
Summary 87
Related topics 87
2.8 Deindustrialization 87
Services and the changing industrial structure 87
Services and employment 89
Social consequences: a post industrial society? 92
Modes of service provision 94
Service provision on the Isle of Sheppey: a case
study 97
Summary 101
Related topics 102
2.9 Unemployment 102
The rate of unemployment 103
Personal and social consequences of
unemployment 103
Political consequences of unemployment 107
The end of work? 110
Contents vii
Summary 114
Related topics 114
Further reading 114
3 CLASS 116
3.1 Introduction 116
Class structure: simple or complex? 116
The salience of class divisions 117
3.2 Social Class and Occupational Structure 119
Employment status and occupational class 120
Occupational change 123
Mapping the class structure 126
Problems with occupational class measures 127
Summary 131
Related topics 131
3.3 Income, Wealth and Poverty 131
The distribution of income 132
The distribution of wealth 137
Poverty 141
Hardship Britain: a case study 142
Who is poor? 145
Summary 145
Related topics 146
3.4 The Working Class 146
Debates about the working class 146
Sociological interpretations 147
Class position 150
Working class culture 155
Affluent workers revisited: a case study 164
Working class politics 167
Summary 174
Related topics 174
3.5 The Middle Classes 174
The growth of the middle class 174
Routine white collar workers 177
Managers and professionals: the service class 184
Conclusion: the divisions in the middle class 188
Summary 188
Related topics 189
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3.6 The Upper Class 189
Property and wealth 189
Networks 193
Prestige and power 196
Summary 197
Related topics 198
3.7 Social Mobility 198
The concept of social mobility 199
Contemporary social mobility 200
Summary 207
Related topics 208
Further reading 208
4 GENDER 209
4.1 Introduction 209
Some theories of the position of women in
society 210
4.2 Women s Employment 213
Wages 213
Gender composition of employment 216
Occupational segregation 219
Continuity and change 222
Summary 223
4.3 The Household 223
Sharing housework? 224
Equality of consumption in the family? 225
Summary 225
4.4 Culture, Sexuality and Welfare 226
Femininity and masculinity 226
Sexuality and equality 227
Summary 229
4.5 Inequality and Welfare 230
Housing, social security and health 230
Education 232
Summary 238
4.6 Politics, Power and Violence 238
Male violence 238
Formal politics 240
Feminism 243
Summary 244
Contents ix
4.7 Conclusion 244
Related topics 245
Further reading 245
5 ETHNICITY AND RACISM 247
5.1 Introduction 247
5.2 The Structure of the Black Community 249
Summary 253
5.3 Ethnic Disadvantage 253
Summary 257
5.4 Class and Racism 258
Explaining ethnic inequalities 258
Racism and discrimination 260
Racial harassment: a case study 263
Employment, housing and the police 264
The underclass 267
Summary 269
Related topics 269
Further reading 269
6 FAMILIES AND HOUSEHOLDS 270
6.1 Introduction 270
6.2 Of Cereal Packets and Nuclear Families 272
Summary 275
6.3 The Family Life Cycle 275
Marriage 276
Family size 280
Parenting: a case study 283
The elderly 284
Summary 287
6.4 The Division of Labour within Families 287
The symmetrical family? 288
Domestic work 291
Summary 293
Related topics 294
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6.5 Divorce, Single People and Alternative Households 294
Divorce and marriage breakdown 294
Divorce, remarriage and single parents 297
Summary 302
6.6 Families and Others 303
Extended families 303
Privatization of the family 304
Gender, class and the privatized family 306
Summary 310
Related topics 310
Further reading 311
7 TOWNS, CITIES AND THE COUNTRYSIDE 312
7.1 Introduction 312
7.2 The Countryside 318
Life in the East Anglian countryside: a case
study 320
Summary 322
7.3 Towns and Cities 322
Urban villages 322
Inner cities 323
The outer estates of Liverpool: a case study 325
The suburbs 328
The service class and spatial mobility: a case
study 329
Summary 330
7.4 Services and the City 330
A nation of home owners: a case study 333
Summary 335
7.5 Changing Cities 335
London and the Docklands: a case study 337
Summary 341
Further reading 341
8 EDUCATION 342
8.1 Introduction 342
8.2 Education and the State 343
Ideology and policy since 1944 343
Organizational reform 346
Summary 348
Contents xi
8.3 Education and Economic Production 348
Policies for vocational training 349
Discipline and the hidden curriculum 352
Resistance, compliance and differentiation 352
Summary 360
8.4 Inequality and Selection in Education 360
Class inequalities in education 362
Gender inequalities in education 368
Racial inequalities in education 372
Schooling, inequality and the economy 372
Summary 372
Related topics 374
8.5 Social and Cultural Reproduction 374
Summary 377
Related topics 377
Further reading 378
9 HEALTH 379
9.1 Introduction 379
9.2 Sociological Interest in Medicine 381
Health and illness: medical or social conditions? 382
Summary 387
9.3 The National Health Service 387
Public opinion and the NHS 387
The success of the NHS 389
Problems of interpreting health statistics 390
Health care expenditure: international
comparisons 391
Summary 393
9.4 Unequal Access to Health Care 394
Regional variation 394
Variation by social class 395
Health care and the subordination of women 399
Ethnicity and health 400
Priorities in health care 403
Summary 403
9.5 The Controversies of the 1980s 404
Summary 407
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9.6 NHS Reforms 408
Purchasers and providers 412
Summary 415
Related topics 415
Further reading 416
10 CULTURE AND MEDIA 417
10.1 Introduction 417
10.2 The Mass Media: Radio, Television and the Press 419
Media content 419
Media productions: external and internal
constraints 425
The impact on the audience 431
Summary 437
10.3 Leisure 437
Households and leisure 440
Gender, class and lifecycle in leisure 440
A consumer society? 444
Summary 446
Related topics 447
10.4 Youth Culture 447
Spectacular youth cultures 447
Ordinary youth 450
Middle class youth cultures 455
Gender and ethnicity 456
Reaction 457
Summary 458
10.5 Religion 458
The Christian churches and secularization 459
New religious movements 464
Summary 470
Further reading 471
11 DEVIANCE, CRIME AND CONTROL 472
11.1 Introduction 472
11.2 Varieties of Deviance 476
Changes in definitions of deviant behaviour 479
Drug taking and crime 480
Summary 482
Contents xiii
11.3 Crime Statistics 482
The British crime surveys 484
Fears of crime 488
Hidden crime 491
Summary 493
11.4 Social Control 493
Summary 496
11.5 The Police 497
The development of professional policing 498
Inside the British police: two case studies 498
Consensus policing versus military policing 501
Causes of changes in policing 502
Towards a police state? 504
Summary 507
11.6 Prisons and Punishment 508
Community control 509
Summary 511
Related topics 511
Further reading 511
12 POLITICS 513
12.1 Introduction 513
12.2 Voting Behaviour 515
Dealignment 516
Social transformation or political turbulence? 525
Alternative interpretations 528
Summary 532
12.3 Power and Politics in Britain 533
The pluralist approach 533
The elite approach 535
The ruling class approach 537
Summary 539
12.4 The British State 540
The state and its powers 540
The organization of the British state 542
Is Britain a capitalist state? 544
Is Britain a corporatist state? 547
The secret state in Britain 548
Summary 551
Related topics 551
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12.5 Political Change and Social Welfare 552
The dynamics of consensus politics 552
Conservative governments, 1979 1992 553
New social movements 562
Summary 566
Related topics 566
Further reading 566
References 567
Index 581
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