SOCL 4421 Study Guide - Oligarchy, Human Capital, Authoritarianism
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Class: agrees with marx, class can be based on ownership of capitol. Argues that market position is important for life chances. Salary of proletariats is based on demand for their skills. Modern term of human capital refers to amount of training in skills. Weber argues that economic position will not determine political views. Status: weber argues that status is based more on consumption than production. The way someone spends their money has more to do with how much money. The person makes, making class and status sufficiently independent. Party: marx argues that each class will form its own party. Weber argues that parties can be based on class but can also be generated by. Social groups (women, religion, etc. ) or they may not represent anything. Parties may organize simply so that their members can gain more power. Therefore organization itself can be representative of power, not necessarily. Iron oligarchy or realist politics: any party will move toward centralization,
