This third 'generation' of social theory includes phenomenologically inspired approaches, critical theory, ethnomethodology, symbolic interactionism, structuralism, post-structuralism, and theories written in the tradition of hermeneutics and ordinary language philosophy."The structuralist movement originated from the linguistic theory of Ferdinand de Saussure and was later expanded to the social sciences by theorists such as Claude Levi-Strauss.. 
Therissats such as Ralf Dahrenkún have noted the tendency toward an eńlárged middle-class in modern western Societies, particularly in relation to the neAláwọ̀ty of an educated work force in technological or service-based collares.. 