LABR 1F99 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Transphobia, Class Consciousness, Social Democracy
9 Oct 2015
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Definition: the art and science of government . Politics occurs at the level of government and the state and involves party competition. Working class: everyone who sells their ability to work to an employer in exchange for a wage (hourly wage or salary) Politics x working class x world of work. Definition: an organized political structure of power and authority in complex societies. Government: particular group (political party) in control of state apparatus; policy-making. Bureaucracy: ministries and departments responsible for different areas of policy. Law and courts: adjudication of society"s rules; protection of citizens from state and from each other. Military and police: rule enforcement through use of coercion; management of violence . Representative institutions: includes opposition; expresses different political and social view. What is the role of the state in the world of work: constituting the rules of the game : private property rights and contracts backed by law, structuring labour market conditions:
