SOC100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Urban Culture, Working Poor, The Communist Manifesto
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The capitalist class, which owns and controls the means of production, including factories, banks, and labour. The subordinate class in capitalist society, who work for wages from the bourgeoisie. The lower middle class, made up of people who own the means of production on a small scale, including artisans and owners of small shops. People who, because they are impoverished and often unemployed, form an easily disposable workforce at the mercy of employers. A social class"s awareness of their common interests, which typically generates a commitment to work together to attain collective goals. A willingness to believe in ideologies that support the ruling class but that are false and disadvantageous to working-class interests. Referring to an economic system based more on services and information than on manufactured goods or primary production. A body of knowledge and interpersonal skills that helps people to get ahead socially which often includes learning about and participating in high culture.
