SOCA02H3 Lecture Notes - Proletariat, Animism, Elite Theory
24 Apr 2011
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canada, on a global stage, is as pluralistic as you can get. bourgeoisie elite class that tends to be a small number and owns and controls the means of production. bourgeoisie dominates workers (the proletariat: therefore called elites, they develop a political agenda that favours to their interests. democracy, in 1850s, was different: we have work safety rules now. military, business people and government were elites in the us in 1960s (the era of cold war: gave lots of power to the military. america spends a lot of money on battle groups. military people in canada have no power. war lords military people called in the us. elite theory in terms of money people who make more money, contribute more money to the political parties: if you have money, you gave more political influence.
