POLSCI 1G06 Lecture 4: Lecture 4b (OCT3).doc

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLSCI 1G06
• Professor: Todd Alway

Document Summary

{ political science 1g06 2013 lecture 4b marxism } Context: 19th century britain and the industrial revolution (ir) New forms of work the factory. New sources of social power manufacturers. Horrific working condition= working class not doing much better. The change in economy fell over to demand of change in law. How did this economic order come about what caused the economy to shift from feudalism to capitalism? feudalism: market limited (produce consumed what you made), land was power(rarely shifted), labour (what you dad did), inequalities(economic coercion) Capitalism: produce/consume diverted through market, land now for sale (shifted hands), labour (freely available), saturates) Historical research led him to conclude that there are fundamental laws of. These laws can be discovered through an examination of the economy and history. therefore the inequality. Human beings have different relationships to the material part of the economy. Society is divided into those who own means of production and those who do not.