Compare and Contrast the approaches of Marx and Weber to Social Class and Stratification Social Stratification refers to the hierarchically organised layers of social inequality Such as status groups, classes and ranks. Two of the most well known sociologists Max Weber (1864-1920) and Karl Marx (1818-1883) studied the concepts of stratification and class in great detail, many of their ideas still have profound influences on people studying sociology today, in this, the modern society. Karl Marx was born in Trier in the Rhineland. He was later educated at the universities of Berl...

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