POLSCI 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Class Consciousness, Bourgeoisie, Economic Planning
15 Oct 2017
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If you want to understand, you have to look at the social structure. If you transform social structure, and you change the economy, you might effectively eliminate inequality. If you want to understand, you have to understand class dynamics. Context: 19th century britain, and the industrial revolution. New forms of work - the factory. Creates a new type of working class - the proletariat. The proletariat is very marginalized by the industrial revolution. New sources of social power - manufacturers. It becomes centralize and controlled in a way it hasn"t been before. Creates a new type of high social class, the factory owners, the owners in general, a new industrial ruling class making a lot of money. *they wanted their voices heard, which creates political change as well. Somethings never got into the market, land wasn"t being sold, markets were for day to day things. Vs. capitalist economy where land, housing, resources are all in the market.
