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One external factor that would affect the differences we see in achievement of the classes is due to cultural deprivation. This refers to the lack of "cultural equipment", which can be an issue ...

According to Marx, Capitalism is an economic system founded and predicated on exploitation. By "exploitation," Marx means that the skills and labour of individual workers under that economic sys...

Two theories that hold distinctly juxtaposing views on racial inequality are Marxist and Functionalist theory. (These theories can be set against each other in most essays as they are on distinctly differ...

Young people at school are often subject to ethnic 'labelling' by teachers, which tends to view white male students as archetypal 'achievers' at the expense of other groups. Young white males who work har...

The two key functions of the family according to Functionalist Theory are primary socialisation of children and stabilisation of adult personalities. Primary Socialisation refers to the process by which p...