classes Flashcards
The three founders of sociology
marx, weber and durkheim
Marx saw social dominance as a problem from
capitalism
durkheim saw social dominance as a problem from
industrialization
Marx described class as a
group of people who share the same relationship to the mans of production to capital
Weber saw class as
a group of people who share a common economic situation based on income, property and authority
Functionalist perspective on class
poverty and inequality serve important purposes in society as it allows people to work harder to move up the ladder and productivity
Critical Theory of families are the ideas of
marx and weber
Critical Theory perspective always looks at
power inequalities and exploitation
According to Marx, capitalism inevitable causes a
cyclic unemployment
Reserve Army of Labour
people who, because they are impoverished and often unemployed, form an easily mobilized, easily disposable workforce at the mercy of employers
SI focus class on
the ways that meanings are attached to social inequality
Marxians believe social class is defined by
social class is defined by the way people earn a living
Weberian’s believe social class is defined by
how much money and status people gain from their occupation
Petit Bourgeousie
the lower middle class. A group of people who own the means of production on a small scale such as owners of small ships
Weber understood power by
its distribution among classes rather than its significance in the exploitation of one class by another
Parties
associations and organizations that give people non economic power and influence
Status Groups
sets of people who share a social position in society with a common degree of prestige esteem and honor
Post-industrialism
and economic system based on services and information than on manufactured goods or primary production
Non standard work arrangements and precarious employment is
dead end, low paying, insecure jobs giving employers full control over the labour process
Societal Material Density
a societys frequency of social connections which increases when the spatial distance between individuals
Dirk suggests that in pre industrialization the division of labour was
slight
Organic Solidarity
greater individualism in mutual interdependence
4 stages of alienation
feeling alienated from product of his own work, feeling alienated from act of production, feeling alienated from essence of being human (robot), feeling alienation from other workers
Melvin Seeman resurfaced alienation by identifying
The Five Distinct Dimensions of Alienation: Powerlessness, Meaninglessness, Formlessness, Isolation, Self-Estrangement
Unions
concerned with improving pay, job security and working conditions
Edwin Suthland had an interest in
deviance, especially crime as seen in his book the principles of criminology
White Collar Crime
largely neglected illegal activities of US corporations
