THE IMPORTANCE OF
ECONOMIC STRUCTURE
In social production of their life, men
enter into definite relations that are
indespensable and independent of their
will; on w/c rises a legal and political
superstructure and to w/c correspond
definite forms of social consciousness.
Karl Marx
is basically arguing that the diff. kinds of social
relations that are generated by the economic
production of human beings of particular society
shape the entire life, beliefs and activity of the
society.
-the cultural lifestyle of the poor will be much diff.
from those middle classes & the supper – rich
-poor people are incaple of enjoying “High Art”
-lower class can also learn how to appreciate the
“conspicuous consumption” for rich.
Cynthia Bautista (2001)
-of the material possesions, dwelling unit
is among the best indicators of social status
in the Philippines, since Filipino tend to
invest their in the apperances of their house.
-A children from the so-called
“educational remote strata” who, despite all
the obstacles.
THE POLITICAL ECONOMIC OF INEQUALITIES
-The distribution of wealth in society will always be dependent
on economic structure of society.
For MARX
class refers to relation among people who share the same class
interest in relations to the means of production
Bourgeoisie or Capitalist
who own and monopolize the means of production.
Proletariat
those own nothing except to sell their labor power in the
market(french;prolitariat, latin proletarius)
3 types of class according to Marx
• Bourgeoisie – which the communist manifesto
• Proletariat or working class – the class of modern
wage-laborer
• Lumpenproletariat - is the dangerous class
SYSTEM OF STRATIFICATION AS SOURCE OF
INEQUALITIES
some sociologist extended the definition of class to
include not only access to the means of production, but
also to the prestige attach to one social position
MAX WEBER
-defined the class a category of individuals who (1)” have
common a specific casual component of their life changes so
far as (2.) his component is represented exclusively by
economic interest in the possesion of goods and opportunities
and come (3) it is presented under the condition of
community or labor market status and class are the two basis
of social stratification.
Class reffered to social defferences based on economic
division and in equality.
Status designated the defferentiation of groups in the
communal.
Caste
caste system is the positions of people are already determined at the
moment they were born.
Class System
individual arpositioned according to their access to the means of
production to productive labor.
Social Mobility
when peoplle allowed and are capable of moving from stratum are class to
another class
Status and Class
status refers life to determined the social honor.
they distinguish themselves from the “outsiders” by the use of the terms “
us” versus “them”.
Social Capital
refers to resources based on group membership relationship and networks
of influence and support.
Symbolic Capital
bourgieu refers symbolic capital as “the acquisition of a reputation for
competence and an image of respectabily and honourability.
Habitus
refers to the personal psychological disposition of a person.
ECONOMIC AND GLOBALIZATION
Globalization through Free Trade Agreement
Anthony Giddens, A British sociologist explains the multiplication of risk in
a new globalized economy.
WTO (World Trade Organization)
is the only international organization dealing with the rules of trade between
nations.
Acquisition
one company takes over controlling the interest in another company.
Consolidation
occurs when 2 or more corporations combined into a new corporation.
WORLD CAPITALIST SYSTEM,NEOLIBERALISM
AND INEQUALITY
The core or advanced industrial counties do
capital-intensive high value-adding production
while peripheral societies or less developed
countries do labor-intensive,low value-adding
production popularized by Immanuel Wallerstain.