SOC 203 Chapter Notes -Class Consciousness, Precarious Work, Business Cycle
15 Feb 2014
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Class awareness (identity: awareness of membership in a distinct class, majority of the people in middle class adopt this lifestyle. Oppositional class consciousness: belief that the interests of the workers and capitalists are opposed. Issues such as rights of labour unions and redistribution if income; the attitudes of workers and capitalists diverge: capitalists- more pro business and less pro labour. Chapter 4: what was brym"s hypothesis regarding strikes and economic well-being, affluence breeds contentment. People with secure jobs, good working conditions and high wages are happier than people who face the prospect of unemployment, bad working conditions etc. Happier workers are less likely to strike: there has to be an observable association between measures of strike activity and measures of well being. Before the second world war the north american system of collective bargaining between workers and employers was not well institutionalized.
