SOC 885 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Class Consciousness, Lumpenproletariat, Social Stratification

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 885
• Professor: Leo Michelis

Document Summary

Social class: class (cid:396)efe(cid:396)s to a pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)(cid:859)s (cid:396)elatio(cid:374)ship to the means of production. A la(cid:272)k of a(cid:449)a(cid:396)e(cid:374)ess of o(cid:374)e(cid:859)s (cid:396)eal position in the class structure. Class consciousness: occurs when people are aware of their relationship to the means of production and recognize their true class identity. Class conflict: the ongoing tension between the appropriating and producing class. Is a group of workers who join together to bargain with an employer or group of employers with regard to wages, benefits and working conditions. Is an underclass that consists of the long-term unemployed, or those engaged in illegal activities, who are completely outside of production. They are different from students, housewives, and the retired, who are outside of production. For marx, these were individuals on the margins of every capitalist economy who have been used by the ruling class to oppose the working class. (major classes in capitalist societies: capitalists,, workers, petite.