SOC 470 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Global Exchange, Cultural Capital, Commodification

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 470
• Professor: Cheryl Teelucksingh

Document Summary

Starting in 1960s, many urban sociologists, influenced by conflict theory, responded to the lack of consideration of power relations in human ecology. Urban political economy theorists raise questions about inequalities in urban power rooted in capitalist relations. Suburban in the outer zones according to human ecology. Suburbs shows that there was a lot of play with government. Government was making it more affordable for big companies to come in places like downtown. This took away from smaller house developers and people who were doing it themselves racial minorities were discouraged for buying houses in suburban areas. Urban development fueled by a powerful elite or influential actors who are eager to promote their own. Cities as growth interests machines (logan and molotch, Urban growth often leads to tensions between community groups and elites. Example: 1970s/ 1980s, toronto urban reform to create mixed income housing in downtown toronto. Smaller groups of people, non-dominant, have a harder time following their own interests.