POL 2101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Class Consciousness, Bourgeoisie, Proletariat

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POL 2101
• Professor: Luc Turgeon

Document Summary

Key term: social class, class analysis, class politics in canadian politics. Social class: a sociological concept: what is a social class , perspectives on class, marxist perspective/weberian perspective. He sees socialies are divided between the working class and the capitalist class. Weber: class isn"t a poltical view, it"s status (wealth and prestige: statistical/analytical perspective. We separted who is wealthy in the country. It"s a statistical tool: objective vs subjective class perspective (class consciousness) O: if you have an education or not. S: two, three, four, five classes, bourgeoisie and proletariat, working class, middle class, upper class. Class and canadian politics: no class politics in canada, common argument in north america: we are not like europe , we were liberal, we didn"t have the divivtion of nobility. Culture: the culture is more engrand, you can tell who went to a up class school. Education and social mobility: you can more up in social mobility.