SOC 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Social Class, Bourgeoisie
6 Jan 2014
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Monday, october 28, 2013: social class reflects position to the means of production, owning class (bourgeoisie, working class (proletariat) Contemporary description: a large group of people who occupy a similar economic position in wide society. Class is relational: relationship needs to be there for there to be a distinction. Classes are structurally in conflict: do not have the same interest. Classes are not monolithic: not the same as each other, complex, diverse. Linked to power: experienced differently across the world, ex. The poverty in ottawa doesn"t compare to the poverty experienced in other parts of the planet. Between 1976 and 2009: earning gap between lowest 20% and highest 20% grew from , 300 to , 00: in the same period, everyone except the richest 10% has seen their work time increase. Between 1997 and 2007, top ceos in canada saw their salaries increase by 444% By the end of 2009, 3. 8% of can households controlled . 78 trillion.
