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GCSE Sociology · key term
Ideas that justify the dominance of the ruling class and present the existing social order as normal or natural.
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Paper 1, Paper 2
Revise: Socio-economic Class DivisionsRuling-class ideology consists of ideas that justify the existing system. For example, presenting the free market as entirely normal and natural can make capitalism seem like the only reasonable way to organise society, rather than one historical arrangement that could be changed.
Ideas that justify the power and privileges of the dominant class.
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Ideas that justify the ruling class’s dominance and present the existing social order as fair, normal or inevitable.
Component 2
Ideas and beliefs that justify the ruling class’s position and present the existing social system as normal, fair or natural.
Revise: Marxist Theory of Social StratificationRuling class ideology presents capitalism and its inequalities as normal, fair or natural.
