Sociology 1027A/B Study Guide - Final Guide: World Health Organization, Newly Industrialized Country, Second Industrial Revolution

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 1027A/B
• Professor: Wolfgang Lehmann

Document Summary

Concentration on machinery equipment in a large workshop was the only way this equipment could be utilized: centralization. Professional service class developed in early industrialization: horrible working conditions. Second industrial revolution (early to mid 20th century) In mass production you can reduce the cost of making the products. Monopoly capitalism few large firms controlling economy: need to manage these large companies. Service work happens because everything made has to be sold somewhere (retail and shopping culture need retail workers) Welfare state early welfare requirements are around sanitation (early welfare state intervention of how cities are run: public services, safety net, fiscal policy. Industrialization and urbanization lead to unique issues addressed by a new type of social science: Mundane, boring, routine: routinization & deskilling. Common perception of factory employment is that it is incredibly deskilled: scientific management (taylorism) Associated with fredrick taylor someone who was concerned about the best way of organizing industrial work.