SOCI 1005 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Digital Divide, Bourgeoisie, Vaishya
13 Oct 2015
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10/11 social class & labour & organizations p. 210-233, 236-255. Stratification shapes individual opportunity based on position that one occupies in the system. Forced labour, debt bondage, forced marriage, child slavery, human trafficking: castes, castes: hereditary ranks, usually dictated by religion, tend 2 be fixed. Peasants turned over portion what they produced 2 landowner who in return offered peasants military protection against bandits & rival nobles. Majority is white: upper-middle class professionals like doctors, lawyers, architects. Participate in politics & take leadership roles in voluntary associations: lower-middle class less affluent professionals, owners of small businesses, clerical workers. 10/11 social class & labour & organizations p. 210-233, 236-255: working class hold regular manual or blue-collar jobs. Electricians and auto industry workers may have higher incomes than people in lower-middle class. Identifies with manual workers and long history of involvement in labour movement of north america. Declining noticeably in size: lower class can"t find regular work or must make do with low-paying jobs.
