SOCI 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Starbucks, Bourgeoisie, Labour Power

• School: UBC
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI 100
• Professor: Catherine Corrigall- Brown

Document Summary

There"s more than 2 types of classes, status (eg. priest have low class but have high status) , party (eg. prime minister) Weber and social class: classes are economic categories developing of human interaction in a market, classes: aggregate of people sharing common situations in the market and, therefore, having common interests, property and lack of property are basic categories. Weber"s critique of marx: there are a lot of non-economic social factors that are important for who has power in society and who does not- eg. celebrities, prime minister. Ideas and interest that emerge form politics, religion and other institutions also shape who has power and who does not: they are not just secondary to the economy, class: based on relation to economy. Individuals only have one class but can be a part of many status groups. Plumber-he owns the means of production but his status is quite low.