HSCI 340 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Socioeconomic Status, Petite Bourgeoisie, Bourgeoisie
9 Aug 2018
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The social production and distribution of health and illness. By examining the evidence and explanations of health inequalities in canada and focusing on five social determinants of health: class, gender, race"/ethnicity, aboriginal status, and environment, significant social patterns in distribution of health and illness. Popular notions of class tend to focus on lifestyle differences, particularly fashion, as social markers of status. Marx: classes are a product of social relations and are defined by one"s relationship to the means of production: bourgeoisie (those who owned the means of production, eg. Ceo: proletariat (those who sold their labour power, eg. Laborers, production line workers: petite bourgeoisie (eg. independent and small business owners) Marx: people only fit into one of the three above classes. Weber: economic inequalities were central in explaining an individual"s life chances: class, status, and party. Classes exist as structural entities because certain enforceable rights or opportunities define them and distinguish them from each other.
