SOCB30H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Symbolic Power, Universal Declaration Of Human Rights, Cultural Capital
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Recap symbolic power: various methods help cultivate symbolic power and cultivate some set of ideas about what the social world is actually like or what it should be. Public spokesperson=anyone from a political leader to anyone who speaks up about a social issue. Public mobilization is also an important way to exercise symbolic power; usually a numerical visibility. Can do this starting a petition or go on the streets. Alliances are another way to make your version of the social world authoritative. Not everyone has the same type of symbolic or political capital. Alliances for groups or person with less legitimate authority view the world with influence. Examples: south korea women janitors and hospital support service workers. Powerless groups often rely on symbolic power because these individuals and groups often lack other forms of power and other forms of capital. If it was easy to overturn rules, they wouldn"t have to go through all that they did.
