SOCI 1311 1st Edition Lecture 18 Thinkers I Karl Marx Terminologies A Capitalists Bourgeoisie factory and business owners B Proletariat Those who work for wages II Marx s Predictions a Proletariats vs Bourgeoisie III Applying Marx s Theory Today a Wealth still concentrated among the Elite b Class conflict continues b i workers Vs management c The laws still protect the private property of the rich Bail out d Wall Street Riots of 2011 are an example of Karl Marx s Theories IV Marx s Critics a Marx predicted that revolutions were inevitable in capitalists societies b No middle class V Why haven t we had a revolution a Workers are better organized b Unions fight for reform c Capitalist nations have elements of Marx s theory or communism d Capitalist class has grown e Extended legal protections to workers VI Max Weber s 3 Dimensions of Stratification Class Status Power a i NOT only class but also status power These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute b Stratification Ideology Cultural beliefs that justify stratification b i Plato said Every culture considers some type of inequality Fair b ii Spencer Used the term survival of the fittest to justify the wealth of few c Karl Marx Says Capitalist keep wealth power for a few encouraging stratification c i then they want everyone to believe the poor are lazy false consciousness
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