SOC216H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Mechanical And Organic Solidarity, Factory Acts, Structural Marxism
9 Feb 2017
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How does capital affect law: needs of capital dictate law (base superstructure) (e. g. chambliss) Rising incarceration even though crime rates are decreasing. Increases inequality because people (african american) are left in prisons and are not in the labour force. Imprisonment makes it really hard to make it to the labour force. Law is an instrument used by the bourgeoisie to assist them to gain more power (instrumental) Problems that we see are influenced by the things we see around us. Durkheim cared about the fundamental aspects of society, afraid of the break down of social bonds. He argued that: our society can only function if we have strong social bonds. Durkheim looked at the transformation of society. Mechanical & organic solidarity: solidarity is what holds us together. In primitive societies (mechanical), people were general (provide for themselves) In modern societies (organic), we have specialists (butcher, plumber, clothing store)
