SOCY 227 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: S3 Savage, New Social Movements, Class Consciousness

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Social Sci, Edu and Soc Work - Sociology
• Course: SOCY 227
• Professor: Ryan Martin

Document Summary

Marx: class is determined by location within relations of production. What is class? class relations drive history: exploitation and domination in production class in itself, class for itself class action is inevitable. Weber: class is determined by market relationships status groups (honor and prestige) is source of power. Class situations" arise from economic divisions (rooted in property) and. Market relations" and are causal components" influencing life chances" social class is a possible basis for communal action. 1970s saw increases in inequality but no accompanying persistent class-based opposition (e. g. , in voting behavior) Decline of the traditional working class as the source of collective action. Entrance of women into labour force, and growth of 2nd wave feminism. Divorce, remarriage, co-habitation and co-ordination of dual careers make the unit of the household" harder to analyze. New social movements, which cut across classes and occupations, as source of identification.