Examples of Reactive Class Subcultures
The following (which are not, of course, an exhaustive list of subcultural groups but are simply presented to illustrate the concept of reactive, class-based, subcultures) are examples of reactive subcultures because the existence of one subcultural group is related to the existence of other, oppositional, subcultural groups. In this particular example (based around the workplace), each of the subcultural groups noted is reacting against the activities of the other groups.
* Amongst the upper classes we can identify subcultural groups such as Employer Associations and organisations (the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and the Institute of Directors (IoD), for example).
* Middle class subcultural groups include those such as Professional Associations (organisations that are developed to regulate the activities of professional groups such as lawyers (The Law Society, for example), doctors (the British Medical Association), accountants (the Institute of Chartered Accountants) and so forth).
* The most obvious working class subcultural groups in the workplace are Trade Unions.