Assess the view that the fragmentation of the middle class has occurred.
Title: Assess the view that the fragmentation of the middle class has occurred.
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Details: Words: 972 | Pages: 4 (approximately 235 words/page)
Assess the view that the fragmentation of the middle class has occurred.
Category: /Social Sciences/Sociology
Details: Words: 972 | Pages: 4 (approximately 235 words/page)
Assess the view that fragmentation of the middle class has occurred.
The middle class is the non-manual white-collar workers. The British sociologist, Anthony Giddeons' describes this class as separate from the upper class because they own hardly any means of production. They do however possess widely recognized skills, mainly mental, which they can sell to the highest bidder. The fragmentation of the middle class is explained by sociologists as the division of members of the
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be described as complicated as in Roberts et al.'s study or as simple as in Goldthrope's study the fact remains that division within the middle class is very prominent. As we move towards the future it can be assumed based on numerous sociological studies, especially Savage et al.'s, that the middle class will continue to become more fragmented, increasingly blurred in its fragmentaion and with time, may change in its nature of division.