SOCIOL 130AC Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Ideal Class Group, Wage Labour, Class Conflict
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Means and mode of production (combo of application of technology to nature, class and property relationships that develop in the course of production) Bourgeoisie and proletariat (the upper class capitalists and the working class and lower middle class) Superstructure (media, institutions, means of compulsion and persuasion) How class membership determined (how many): - 2 main classes with the distinctions being if you control the means of production or you sell your own labor. What is determined by class membership: - your competitiveness and your ability to gain wealth. What is the nature of the relationship b/n bourgeoisie and proletariat: - the bourgeoisie is at the top of the class and take advantage of the proletariats. Bourgeoisie control production so they control a lot of influence and use it to oppress the proletariats with their dominant ideas. How do the privileged maintain their adv and control the resistance of the lower class: -
