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Pierre bourdieu argued social classes have their own cultural values, tastes and preferences. They develop their own ways of walking, talking and eating. This is class culture. Marx and Engels saw class in terms of differences in wealth, those with greater wealth formed part of the capitalist ruling class. Weber accepted marx’s view that money gives individuals power however this can also be achieved through status. Charles Murray argues the growth in the welfare state has created a section of society dependant upon benefits, the underclass. Charlesworth’s study of a deprived council estate in Rotherham suggested that drinking, drugs and stealing were a rationonal response to economic hardships. Jordan 1992 showed the long-term unemployed want to work but suffer from low self-esteem and poor mental and or physical health. Willmott and young studied working class families in the 1950’s and found they had strong relationships with their extended family.