Tag: economic relations
Bourgeoisie
One of the three primary classes of industrial capitalism. The bourgeoisie are identified by the following primary relations of production: Members of this class own the means of production. Members […]
Disability
In its social sense, “ability” describes a person’s capacity for labor, relative to the social average. This social average makes up the general labor-power of society. Disability describes the individual’s […]
Petit-bourgeoisie
The class which is defined by ownership of the means of production that must work to maintain itself.
Private property
The economic relation whereby productive tools, land, and so forth (the “means of production”) are exclusively owned and controlled by individuals. The private property regime as constituted contemplates that individuals […]
Productive forces
The forces of production are the instruments of production, the people who operate those instruments and carry on the production of material values through experience and labor skill.
Relations of production
(see also, means of production) Classes are made of complexes or networks of productive and property relations. The raw material of class analysis and its most basic building block […]