Sociology 2106A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-3: George Ritzer, Secondary Sector Of The Economy, Fundamental Class
1 Feb 2018
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Work - social activity: contributes to society (economically, working with others and with social institutions, produce social outcomes - income, identity, status, social relations, health. Instrumental attitude - means to an end, you will gain from it. **racialization** - how we as a society have constructed race to allow categorization of people by certain real or imagined phenotypical or genetic di erences such as skin colour or certain facial features. There is little opportunity for them to direct and conceptualize their own work: workers are alienated from others with few opportunities to talk and connect with coworkers. * work is not a collective process that can help the community. * workers compete with each other in order to obtain jobs, promotions and other rewards. * marx believed division between workers and owners was the fundamental class cleavage in society. Divide speci c tasks in small groups to achieve e ciency.
