Practice mode Social Stratification

What does the embourgeoisement thesis propose?

Correct answer C. The affluent working class is adopting middle class values and ways of life

Explanation

The embourgeoisement thesis claimed that affluent manual workers in the 1950s and 1960s were becoming middle class in values and lifestyle; Goldthorpe and Lockwood's Affluent Worker study tested it.

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