SOSC 1341 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Guild Socialism, Mutual Organization, Segway Pt

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 1341
• Professor: Stephan Dobson

Document Summary

Talk about social construct in guilds translating to unions** Talk about extreme socialist perspective from the book** Talk about mutual aid societies (death benefits, illness pay) Present in guilds and early / present unions. Frame intentions of se: older, non-market forms of basis vs modern. The reasons guilds exist in contrast to why unions exists; the change in response to new things people became dependent on. New social issues which the traditional guild system could not effectively cover; as a result, unions were created as a resolution to previously unaddressed issue. Book guild socialism" provides primary sourcing on the accounts of guilds. Book the tyranny of trade unions" gives good idea on the history and provides dates on when leniency in these unions took place. Focus on how certain characteristics changed over time. What the working class was subjected to: