LABR 2Q92 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Social Inequality, Social Relation, Bourgeoisie
17 Dec 2015
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Class relations: establish power dynamics in the workplace, the labour market, in politics, in culture, etc. Within the working class there are other structures of inequality that must be recognized. These include social relations based on: gender, race, indigeneity, nationality and citizenship status, sexuality, Understanding class wealth economic terms: economically, socially, politically. Class can be understood in relational terms, or in terms of status, income and. Generally speaking, class is defined (in the first instance) in material or. Regardless of the approach, class is always characterized by social inequality. Inequality exists in: the labour market, the workplace, politics/the state, ideology/systems of meaning, basically all social institutions. Work time; methods of production: conflict also spills over into political and social spheres. Other forms of inequality are recognized in this framework. Racism is seen as a form of oppression that divides the working class, and provides capital with a pool of labour that can be hyper-exploited women.
