SOC102H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 20: Sweatshop, Convergys, Fax
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Karl marx: the economic aspects of life is important for understanding any society, economic determinism. Many of a society"s key structures (e. g. , system of social hierarchy or class structure) are determined by the type of economic production dominant in a society. The most powerful are those who own a resource. The least powerful are those who do not. Wealth is created through the agricultural production from large land holdings. Land-holding nobility based in rural areas is most empowering. Wealth is created through the operation of factors producing manufactured goods. Social division occurs between those who own the means to produce manufactured foods and those who must sell their labour power. Capital-owning financiers based in urban centres is most empowering. Max weber: economic developments do not stem from economic causes alone, but rather from changes in religious beliefs and values, which then produce changes in economic behaviour. Krishan kumar: knowledge progressively affects work in two ways.
