SOCIOL 3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Class Conflict, Social Inequality, Wealth Inequality In The United States
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Read research report: "homelessness in orange county: the costs to our community" Based on reading and summary analysis, write two questions you would want to ask prof snow and/or prof goldberg during their visit on tuesday. In order to receive extra credit, you must turn in this document by noon, tuesday, february 12th. Based on quality, you will receive 1-3% added to your final course grade. Karl marx and his big ideas -- review. Marx was interested in explaining inequalities in social and economic life. Under capitalism, there are 2 social classes: workers and owners. Produces unequal class relations between these two kley social classes that exist in capitalistic system. Rampant exploitation of workers by owners for profit. Workers have advantage of large numbers, but owners have the ear of the political class, own the resources workers have the obstacle of improving their social standing.