Sociology 2510

1. agricultural revolution

2. industrial revolution

3. information revolution

- 50x more productive then hunting and gathering

- 4 factors - agricultural tech. specialized work, permanent settlements, and trade

- created cities and urban areas

benefits were shared unequally

ex. factory owners w/ fortunes while industrial workers lived in poverty

a productive system based on service work and high technology

introduced new kind of products and new forms of communication

economic activity that crosses national borders

economic system where natural resources and the means of producing goods are privately owned

claimed as individuals pursue self interest, entire society prospers

economic system in which natural resources and the means of producing goods and services are collectively owned

recently moved to a capitalist society and is doing relatively well

READ 334-335

agricultural labor forch has dropped to 1.6% in 2009.

The family farm has been replaced by corporate agribuisness

a century ago industrialization swelled the rank of blue collar workers but by 1950 white collar had moved most workers

Coputers are deskilling labor and can have possible failures

Giant Corporations composed of many smaller corp.

linked because they own each others stock

domination of a market by a few producers

Exxon Mobile + Walmart

power legitimized by the extraordinary personal qualities

• During the middle ages
• claimed a monopoly of power based on divine right

Nobility reigns, but elected officials actually rule (constitutional monarchy)