Labour and Capitalism

Question 1

Durkheim (Functionalist View)

Answer 1

Move through industrialisation could threaten social solidarity due to the breakdown of shared norms and values
ANOMIE- social condition whereby there is a lack of cohesion and order in relation to norms and values [Normlessness]

Question 2

Pre-Industrialisation

Answer 2

Small towns and communities
Strong community sense and religion
Produce and use things locally

Question 3

Mechanical vs Organic

Answer 3

Solidarity through likeness vs difference
Low vs high division of labour
Strong vs weak collective consciousness
Repressive vs restrictive law

Question 4

Weber

Answer 4

Concerned with rationalism, worry that a pursuit of profit would not lead to a better life for all and that society’s would become too bureaucratic and become trapped
Industrialisation lead to urbanisation, mechanisaition, specialisation and rationalism.

Question 5

Marx

Answer 5

Industrialisation has brought capitalism with it
Capitalism allowed the proletariat to be exploited by the bourgeoisie
The workers only had their labour to sell and there were many of them, creating a surplus

Question 6

Alienation

Answer 6

Worker loses ability to determine life and destiny, worker is directed to goals and services dictated by the ruling class who aim for profit
The worker becomes alienated from themselves and no longer enjoy their work; it is ust a means to an end