SOC100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: False Consciousness, Symbolic Interactionism, Erik Olin Wright
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Social classes: sets of people with different life chances. Marx"s definition: a set of people who share the same relationship to the means of production. Weber"s definition: a set of people with a common economic situation, based on income, property and authority. Class socialization: process of teaching, learning and passing on patterns of fashion and consumption. Doesn"t just depend on country"s overall economic success. Having communities that ensure the active participation of individuals within society minimize the extremes of inequality between its poorest and richest citizens, are free from fear of social unrest and violence. Top 1 % of canadian income earners have 10% of the country"s total income. Not a lot of movement in the country"s top 5% of canada"s income earners people in those positions seldom move out. Hard to move up the economic ladder in canada. Class conflict - diverging economic interests (tensions between employers and employees) Believed that all of history was driven by class conflict.
