Here is the synopsis of our sample research paper on Marxist Theory and Contemporary Societal Stratification. Have the paper e-mailed to you 24/7/365.
Essay / Research Paper Abstract
A 5 page of Marxist theory and how that theory pertains to contemporary social stratification. The author of this paper contends that although our contemporary society appears to be evolving toward a society of classes composed of the very rich and the very poor, there continues to exist a definitive middle class. Even when compared to the theories of Max Weber, multidimensional theories of social stratification, our society differs significantly. The reasons for this difference relate to the fact that civil rights in America today are quantum leaps ahead of what they were during the lifetimes of these two men. This is true from both a societal perspective and an economic perspective. The author concludes, however, that Weber’s multidimensional theories of social stratification continue to outweigh the Marxist view of social stratification in terms of applicability to contemporary U.S. society. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Page Count:
5 pages (~225 words per page)
File: AM2_PPmarxWb.rtf
Buy This Term Paper »
Unformatted sample text from the term paper:
from a Marxist perspective. What we have confronting us in American society, however, is particularly interesting from this perspective. The patterns of poverty and inequality which exist in
our society have resulted in deep social stratification. Just as Marxist thought contends happens in society over time, out society appears to be in a process of evolving into
two very definitive classes comprised by the very poor and the very rich. On the other hand, however, there continues to exist a very definitive middle class as well.
As will be discussed more thoroughly below, the continued existence of the middle class in our society presents a source of deviation from Marxist thought.
Under Marxist thought society is stratified into two major classes, the very poor and the very rich. These classes are the bourgeoisie and proletariat. While
Marx acknowledged the existence of a intermediary classes, he claims that these classes will eventually disappear in society. Marx proposed an address of this situation by calling for an
overthrow of the bourgeoisie, a change in the power structure of the time to allow rule by the previously exploited working class (the proletariat,) and the termination of class-based society.
Marxist demanded communal property in the place of private property, a completely different prospect for the status quo of the day where the lives of the commoners were ruled
by the elite. If one examines Marxs original theory on the collapse of capitalism it becomes apparent that the theory failed
in the empirical sense but, as Burowoy (1990) points out, to understand such theories it is necessary to look at both their internal and external histories. Although many interpret
...