SOC 103 Lecture 6: Chapter 6 – Living in Capitalist Societies

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 103
• Professor: Rebecca Lock

Document Summary

This power allows them to assert dominance not simply in the economic sphere, but in the ideological and political sphere as well: another concern is in regards to how this growth affects the way we work in the. First major transformation: occurred during the industrial revolution. Ford also introduced the notion of improving wages which allowed the employees to buy the cars coming off the assembly line. Increasing numbers of these jobs were unionized, providing good wages and reasonable security. As a result of these technologies, the owning class now has both the need and the capacity for a much more flexible and productive labour force as well as expanded global production and sales. In summary: employment has increasingly become polarized between good jobs and bad jobs , a minority of the jobs are good jobs: they provide high income, non wage benefits (pension plans and health insurance, etc.