SOCIOL 2R03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Jonathan Kozol, Christopher Jencks, Social Inequality
29 Nov 2016
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Lecture 12-13 power & politics + moving up (education mobility) (nov 3-7 & nov 7-10) Power: (weber) the ability to achieve one(cid:495)s will in spite of opposition. Who rules: wright mills (1956) the power elite. Interwoven interests of the leaders of the military, corporate and political elements of society (john porter (1965) viewed the economic elite as most powerful in canada) False consciousness: inability of those within a specific class to recognize their class position. Class identity: an awareness of membership in a distinct class. Class opposition: the belief that the interests of the workers and capitalists are inherently opposed (grabb and guppy, Paradox of democracy: increasing disillusionment with the political process and thus not exercising their voting rights (giddens, 2000, referenced in sernau, 2014: 202/ 2017: 221). Global power: economic trend has been toward globalization (rising power of corporations) Political trend: toward democratization (sernau, 2014: 201/2017: 222-3)
