HLTHAGE 2BB3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Gerontology, Friedrich Engels, United States House Committee On Oversight And Government Reform

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Health, Aging and Society
• Course: HLTHAGE 2BB3
• Professor: Yvonne Leblanc

Document Summary

The state: the social, political, and economic institutions that manage power and conflict for society within a geographic defined territory. Government: an element of the state; its powers are delegated by the state through its constitution. Politics: the struggle to gain and maintain control over the state apparatus. The economy: organizes the production, distribution and consumption of goods and services. Society is grounded upon inequality and competition over scarce resources. Power is the core of all social relationships; resources are scarce and unequally divided among members of society. Social values and the dominant ideology are the vehicles by which the powerful promote their own interests at the expense of the weak. Bourgeoisie: the rich, the owners of the factories, the elite, they were exploiting the workers because they were separating the workers from means of production. Alienation: separating the workers from means of production. Human consciousness and human interaction with the material world could change society.