SOC216H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Squeegee, Structural Marxism, Foal
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Marx: class conflict under capitalism, also reflected in law: instrumental marxism: the bourgeoisie wins because their interests are protected. Examples: squeegee kids (interests of middle class commuters, and middle class ideas about work), vagrancy laws (interests of factory owners). Western & pettit (imprisonment policies), pager (mark of a criminal record), Capital wins, even when you think otherwise: look at what laws are followed or avoided. Structural marxism: there is inequality internal to the system: repeat players in the system do better than one shotters (galanter) Instead of class division, focus on what keeps society together . Worried about changing society, from mechanical to organic solidarity. Conscience collective: change in the conscience collective individualism. Example: punishment: expression of the conscience collective, often violent and passionate, reinforces the conscience collective, and society. Community service? (doob and marinos) meaning and onlookers. Ways in which law becomes a regular fact of life we take it for granted. Two examples: museums, cars seatbelt laws.
