SOC 103 Lecture 12: SOC 103- Week 12 notes
13 Feb 2017
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From a sociological perspective, work is a social product or idea; a specific form of social organization. Involves participation in complex economies and systems of production and consumption. How we thi(cid:374)k a(cid:271)out (cid:858)(cid:449)ork(cid:859) is histori(cid:272)all(cid:455) a(cid:374)d (cid:272)ulturall(cid:455) situated. Work is not just a means to material ends; it has both intrinsic and extrinsic rewards. The economy is a social institution in which we arrange how we are socially going to distribute produce and consume goods and services that meet our material and social needs. Very little accumulated wealth and have a high level of nomadism, or they move around a lot. Also marked by a lack of social inequalities, i. e. little oppression of women. Invention of plow, domesticating of animals, and cultivation of crops. Accumulation of wealth, which led to developments of settlements and cities. Not all time is invested into producing food. Some forms of inequality due emerge due to wealth. Main economic engine for canada up until 1800s.
