24.02.23

Jigsaw

Part 1

• The old terms (middle-class and working-class) hark back to an industrial society

  • divisions between manual occupations and non-manual occupations has become outdated

• now a days, there are many factors

  • money
  • inheritance
  • savings
  • education and qualifications
  • financial assets

• old model used to be focused on upper, middle and working class with clear separation

  • elite is now much better off
  • extremes pull apart

• old term with middle-class and working-class is outdated and their division between manual occupations and non-manual occupations

• now a days, there are many more factors (money, inheritance, savings, etc.)

• not only economic capital, there is also cultural and social capital