SOC100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Elite, Class Conflict, Counterhegemony
19 Dec 2018
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Continuation of chapter 18: politics and political movements. The extent to which these raw materials and capital relate to power. John porter claimed that the canadian power elite was made up of political, economic, and cultural leaders from charter groups. Charter groups refers to canada"s french and english founders. Non-charter groups earned lower incomes, had fewer educational opportunities, and had less access to the state bureaucracy and political system. Linking class with ethnicity, porter concluded that there was little mobility in canada. Porter has been influential upon sociologists who work in the area known as political economy. Political economy focuses on the politics around gaining material power within specific economic, geographic, and social conditions. Markets are not outside of the political sphere. Marx: class struggle and how the classes are defined. Access to ownership and means to production. Mosaic theory : not just horizontal, but also hierarchical.
