SOC 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: State Capitalism, Upper Class, Real Estate Transfer Tax

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

Document Summary

State in foraging societies: is an organized political structure that carries out tasks of a complex society, is more than a simple organizing structure, it is also a major means of social control. Agrarian societies: role of family was reduced as state became powerful, an ideology developed that supported and legitimized the structure, owningclasscontrolledthestate. 1. federal: example-cbc radio, tax (federal & provincial), education (federal & provincial), health (federal & provincial): provincial (10) territorial (3): example- driver"s license, municipal or local: example- garbage, water. State has a high degree of autonomy. Key function of state: i) mediation between various interest groups; ii) maintain order; iii) overall best interest of society rather than state": classapproach. State is an institution, that acts primarily in the interests of the dominant class. Canadian state is only partially autonomous because the economic power of capital also gives it political power. State accedes to the interests of dominant class. State is made up of number of institutions.