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Social ClassSocial ClassSocial ClassSocial Class ---- Overview Overview Overview Overview Media Class Classifications Media Class Classifications Media Class Classifications Media Class ClassificationsClass Type MediaClassification
Upper Middle Class
(3% of population)
AMiddle Class
(13% of population)
BLower Middle
(22% of population)
C1Skilled Working Class
(32% of population)
C2Working Class
– excluding skilled (22% of population)
DLower Class E
The Upper And UpperThe Upper And UpperThe Upper And UpperThe Upper And Upper----Middle Classes Middle Classes Middle Classes Middle Classes
The ‘Upper Class’ consists of the few thousand wealthiest and most culturally privilegedbusinessmen and property owners in the country. We also consider the very top of the uppermiddle class in this section because they often work closely with the upper classes and arehighly privileged themselves.By ‘upper-middle’ class we mean people like managing directors of large companies ratherthan middle level management; chiefs of staff rather than high-ranking officers; top rather thanmiddle level government employees, etc.
The MiddleThe MiddleThe MiddleThe Middle----Class’Class’Class’Class’
The ‘middle-class’ is a huge group. There is, however, a big difference between the ‘upper’and ‘lower’ middle-class.
The UpperThe UpperThe UpperThe Upper----Middle Class (Bourgeois) Middle Class (Bourgeois) Middle Class (Bourgeois) Middle Class (Bourgeois)
The ‘upper-middle’ class is composed of professional, managerial and administrativeoccupational groups and higher technicians. The very highest levels of the upper-middleclasses are very close to the upper classes but the majority of the upper-middle class do notachieve any national power or prominence but locally many have significant influence orstatus. They often participate in voluntary organisations, become magistrates or stand forlocal government. Comparatively speaking, they are well off. Typically, they might earn oneand a half to two and a half times as much as the average national wage, and enjoysubstantially more than average fringe benefits. They earn much more than their lowermiddle class counterparts. The average wage of a doctor, for example, is well over twice thatof a schoolteacher.
The LowerThe LowerThe LowerThe Lower----Middle Class (Petit Middle Class (Petit Middle Class (Petit Middle Class (Petit----Bourgeois), Bourgeois), Bourgeois), Bourgeois),
The lower-middle class, or white-collar workers as they are also known, represent one of thelargest of the social classes. Office workers, shopkeepers and sales people make up the
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s Scales Scales Scales Scale Marxist Class Marxist Class Marxist Class Marxist ClassStructureStructureStructureStructure White/Blue White/Blue White/Blue White/BlueCollarCollarCollarCollar
Upper Class Ruling Class N/AUpper Middle Class Bourgeois White CollarLower Middle Class Petit-Bourgeois White CollarUpper Working Class Proletariat Blue CollarLower Working Class Lumpen-Proletariat Blue CollarThe Poor Peasants N/A
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majority of the lower-middle classes. At the top of the lower-middle class are the so-called‘semi-professionals’ of teaching and nursing. The ‘typical’ white-collar figure is the clericalworker, although Marxists would argue that they are wage earners and are therefore part ofthe working class.
The WorkingThe WorkingThe WorkingThe Working----Class (Proletariat) Class (Proletariat) Class (Proletariat) Class (Proletariat)
The working-class represents the other large social class. The working classes are thosecitizens who work in the so-called ‘blue-collar’ sector that traditionally referred to the low paidheavy industries, such as coal, steel etc, and the manufacturing industries. Today, however,with the decline of the heavy and industrial industries, these low paid jobs largely consist ofthe service and un-skilled clerical sectors.
The Upper WorkingThe Upper WorkingThe Upper WorkingThe Upper Working----ClassClassClassClass
The upper-working class include those with higher status jobs, which are better paid or highlyskilled such as factory foremen or technicians.The gap between the working class and the middle-class has, in recent times, began todisappear. The upper working classes have gone through a period of ‘embourgeoisement’ asthey become more like the middle-classes. With the decline of heavy industry, and theintroduction of legislation such as the minimum wage the working classes have, in somecases, become relatively better paid to the extent that even working class people now expectto have a certain standard of living, particularly in terms of the furnishing of their homes, aswell as regular foreign holidays.
The Lower Working ClassThe Lower Working ClassThe Lower Working ClassThe Lower Working Class
The lower working classes refer to those workers with low prestige, low-paid, unskilled jobs,such as cleaners, shop assistants etc. These jobs are often part time and are filled mainly byteenagers, who are too young to receive the full minimum wage payments, and women whotend not to be paid as much as men and are, therefore, cheaper to employ.
The Underclass (Lumpen The Underclass (Lumpen The Underclass (Lumpen The Underclass (Lumpen----Proletaria Proletaria Proletaria Proletariat) t) t) t)
The underclasses are those citizens who are outside of the employment structure such as oldage pensioners, the unemployed, students and the homeless. These people tend to be poorand rely on state benefits, such as unemployment benefit, state pension, student loans etc.,for their survival.
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