SOCI201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Georg Simmel, Wage Labour, Legal Personality

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI201
• Professor: John Brent

Document Summary

Chapter 14: work life: working in america, in america, more productive than ever, job insecurity is high, working longer hours, especially people of higher income, marginal benefits compared to other countries. From agreements to contracts between corporations: corporations: Higher now: only men were supposed to work, men earned enough to provide for all. Prisons: this model raises concerns about, corporate ethics, environmental responsibility, fair wages, offshoring of labor (taking jobs overseas, to fight for worker"s rights unions are formed, union: collective organization that formally unites for the purpose of collective bargaining. About a specific issue: contagion theory: people"s tendency to conform to behavior of others, ideas don"t have to align. Ethnicity (french: dynamic identity, aspect of your identity that is more fluid, determined by groups which you belong. Small group, huge change: reformative social movement, advocate for limited social change, seek to effect that change across an entire society.