SOCIOL 2R03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Az Yet, Blue-Collar Worker, Poverty Trap
18 Jun 2020
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Since 1990, the richest group of canadians has increased its share of total national income, while the poorest and middle-income groups has lost share. Sernau (2014, 2017) speaks of changes in the occupational structure. Ie. lack of education for the poor. Weber argued that distinct interests and forms of power were connected to economic classes, status groups, and political parties. Power - the chance of a man or of a number of men to realize their own will in a social action even against the resistance of others . Each individual makes their own rational decision. The distribution of power within the political community: class, status and party. Rentiers from entrepreneu rs: rentiers: do not work but live off their assets (lead lives of. Entrepreneurs : merchants, ship-owners, bankers, run businesses, they work (they have less idleness) social honor) Property-less classes: blue collar workers, those who use their manual labour (turner et al. ,
