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INEQUALITY Until now all human history has been only a perpetual and bloody immolation of millions of poor human beings in honor of some pitiless abstraction—God, country, power of State, national honor, historical rights, judicial rights... - Mikhail Bakunin A key – some might say fundamental – concept in sociology is that of inequality. A keen reader might say that inequality is simply the presence of difference and disproportionality when there should be similarity, be it in terms of social, economic, or political disproportionality. Yet, the sociological definition is often more economical, and thus often misses the many ways in which inequality occurs. As with your average person on the street, the anarchist views inequality as a system of interlocking oppressions, the are incredibly diverse, varied, and sometimes contradictory, but always antithetical to human freedom. Thus, the vision of the anarchist is one of actively seeking out inequality, and challenging the structures and institutions that facilitate it. ● The social reproduction of inequality (Giddens, p. 379) ● Cultural capital (Giddens, p. 379) ● Stratification systems: slavery, caste, estates, class (Giddens pp.146-148) ● Class: income, wealth, education, occupation (Giddens, pp. 149-154) ● Gender and stratification ● Social mobility (Giddens, pp. 159-164) – vertical (upward/downward), intragenerational, intergenerational, exchange, and structural mobility ● Marx: means of production and the analysis of class ● Weber: class and status ● Davis and Moore: the functions of stratification ● Erik Olin Wright: contradictory class locations ● Frank Parkin and social closure Davis and Moore (1945, quoted in Kendall 1999) have argued that inequality is not only inevitable, but is also necessary for society. This is a misrepresentation, according to anarchists. Inequality may be necessary for a capitalist society, but is not inevitable or necessary for every society. Inequity is only essential if one likes power differentials in society. Inequality is necessary only if the existing system is to remain intact. Inequality is “mandatory” for a society with strongly hierarchical relationships (such as capitalist economies), but is not necessary in a non- (or less-) hierarchical society is possible. [get a good “inequality” theory/text book and review, list, explore the various topics and keywords thru the @ lens] [ Williams 62 ] [ this is a draft. do not cite. ]
A 2002 user survey of the popular website Infoshop.org showed that at least XX percent were White males. 57 This confirms the frequently offered media critique that the North American anarchist movement is predominantly a White one (and highly male). Thus, inequalities exist within the anarchist movement, as with the rest of society. Efforts have been made to deal with this, to varying degrees of success.... Anti-Racist Action, Men Against Sexism, Anarchist People of Color (APOC) conferences and collectives, Race Traitor zine, and others. 57 That number may be considerably higher since XX percent and XX percent did not answer the gender or race questions, respectively. For more on analysis on this survey, see Williams 2004b (forthcoming). [ Williams 63 ] [ this is a draft. do not cite. ]
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Sociology of the Anarchists Analysi
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Index of Tables Table 1. Social Mov
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A NOTE ON SCHOLARSHIP Revolutions a
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INTRODUCTION We make the world sign
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RESEARCH ISSUES The power to think
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Page 35 and 36: VALUES Which side are you on? - Ata
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Page 41 and 42: SOCIAL MOVEMENTS When spiders unite
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Ehrlich, Howard. 2002. “On the Wa
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* Gordon, Linda. 2002. “Social Mo
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* Johnson, Ana Gutierrez and Willia
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Social Movements, Conflicts and Cha
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* Przeworski, Adam. 2003. “Freedo
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* Thies, Clifford F. 2000. “The S
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Wood, Lesley J. 2004. “Bridging t
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APPENDIX: GLOSSARY What does anarch
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Sexuality: thought, identity, and a
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Compatibility model: anarchism inte
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Socialist model: anarchism has trad
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