SOCI 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Bourgeoisie, Naimans, Kraft Dinner

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI 1001
• Professor: Priscillia Lefebvre

Document Summary

Lecture week two: power and identity in class-based society. How societies work: class, power, and change (5th ed) by joanne naiman. Socioeconomic status: an economic and sociological combined total measure of a person"s work experience and of an individual"s or family"s economic and social position in relation to others, based on income, education, and occupation. Bilderberg group: (elite, the establishment , the man ) the owning class: very rich and powerful, they have managed to translate economic power into social and political power, hold incredible influence over government policies, represent shared intra-class interests. Influence what work is done and how much they make for doing it. Structural limitations of class structure are invisible; not marker by titles of nobility or caste (e. g. lord or lady), or clothing. This results in blurred social class lines: some jobs have more freedom than others (e. g. university professor vs. a barista at. Starbucks: some business owners are not considered part of the owning class.