HREQ 1880 Study Guide - Final Guide: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, Economic Mobility, Group Cohesiveness

• School: York University
• Department: Human Rights and Equity Studies
• Course: HREQ 1880
• Professor: Maria Wallis

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Hreq 1880 social change final exam review. Final exam (from tepperman): chapters 7-10, 12-13 and 15. Marx states that in an industrialized, capitalist system, two broad groups emerge: The bourgeoisie (those who own the means of production) In the capitalist system, conflict theorists also content that workers in a capitalist system feel alienated from the processes and products of their labour. Because they are not able to control or change the conditions of their work, they are powerless and stuck in jobs that exploit them. Bureaucracy: is the legal idea of limited liability . This means that a corporation can manage investment and profits impersonally and a given employee is responsible for completing certain tasks and nothing more. Crime is any behaviour that, in a given time and place is prohibited by applicable statutory law. When a law is violated, a crime is said to have been committed. Women are less likely to commit crimes as to men.