SOC 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Lumpenproletariat, For Marx, Social Stratification

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 104
• Professor: Dr. Amrita Ahluwalia

Document Summary

Some definitions production and recognize their true class identity. Social class: class refers to a person"s relationship to the means of production. Class consciousness occurs when people are aware of their relationship to the means of. False consciousness is a lack of awareness of one"s real position in the class structure. Class conflict: the ongoing tension between the appropriating and producing class. Labour union: is a group of workers who join together to bargain with an employer or group of employers with regard to wages, benefits and working conditions. Lumpenproletariat: is an underclass that consists of the long-term unemployed, or. Socioeconomic status (ses): differences between people linked either to income or to some combination of income, occupation, and education. When we talk about upper, middle, and lower class, we are referring to ses. those engaged in illegal activities, who are completely outside of production. They are different from students, housewives, and the retired, who are outside of production.