SOC101Y1 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Cultural Relativism, Protestant Work Ethic, Ethnocentrism
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Karl marx (conflict theorist) determinism the belief that everything happens in the way it is because it was destined to happen in this way voluntarism the belief that we alone control our destiny. Suicide rates vary because of differences in the degree of social solidarity instead of physical stress. There is a curvilinear relationship between the level of social solidarity and suicide. 3 levels of social structure: microstructure, macrostructure, global structure. Owners are eager to improve the way work is organized and adopt new technology allow them to produce more efficiently, earn higher profits . However drive for profit causes capitalists to keep wages low. As a result large class of workers come to oppose a small class of wealthy owners. Found flaw in marx"s theory questioned his idea of inevitable collapse of capitalism. Noted members of occupational groups stabilize society because they enjoy higher status and income than manual workers do. Class conflict is not the only driving force.
