SOC100H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Proletariat, Bourgeoisie, Class Conflict
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Chapter 6: social stratification: canadian and global perspectives. Three theories: mar(cid:454)"s (cid:272)o(cid:374)fli(cid:272)t theor(cid:455, social stratification and the accompany conflict between classes are inevitable in. Mar(cid:454)"s (cid:448)ie(cid:449: he believed that capitalist growth would eventually produce a society without classes and therefore without class conflict. Criti(cid:272)al e(cid:448)aluatio(cid:374) of mar(cid:454)"s (cid:272)o(cid:374)fli(cid:272)t theor(cid:455: mar(cid:454)"s predictions were wrong for five reasons: Industrial societies did not polarize into two opposed classes in conflict, but a heterogeneous middle class of white collar workers emerged. Inequality is required to motivate people to undergo these sacrifices. Critical evaluation of functionalism: subjectivity of what jobs are more important that others (farmer and physician example) It stresses how inequality helps society discover talent but it ignores the pool of talent lying undiscovered because of inequality: fails to examine how advantages are passed from generation to generation (inheritance of wealth) Social mobility: change in social mobility can be measured:
