Sociology 2228A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Class Conflict, The Communist Manifesto, Lumpenproletariat
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Structures of inequality: mcmullin indicates that structures of inequality are patterns of advantage and disadvantage that are durable but penetrable. Or abstractly, as sets of economic places or positions: how many classes are there, to what extent does class conflict exist?, and how are classes formed (additional points from textbook) Marx on social inequality: mode of production, a particular type of economic system. How to conceptualize social class: marx and marxism. Ownership of the tools required in production processes is a necessary condition for being a member of the bourgeoisie, but it does not automatically make you one. Someone who collects machines is not a capitalist. They must also deploy the machines in a production process, hire owners of labour power to use them, and appropriate the profits from the use of those machines. Exploitation only exists when all three principles are operating simultaneously: managers and supervisors are in contradictory class locations.