He attended Carleton College, and graduated with a bachelor of arts(B.A.) ... She was the niece of the president at Carleton College. ... He gained much respect with the essays he wrote during this time period. ... Although Veblen was strongly impressed by the doctrine of evolution, he was opposed to the simple application of the evolutionary principles to the study of social development. ...
In the essay "Imagine a country" the author describes inequality in our country based on the perspective of a functionalist, conflict theorist, and social interationist. ... For instance, you must graduate from high school and then go to college. ( Holly Sklar, 2) In another article that focuses on the inequality in the US. ... This theory of stratification is certainly debated today and was also debated as far back in the early mid eighteen hundreds when Karl Marx his theory in his pamphlet "The communist manifesto" and by Max Weber in his essay "Class, Status, and Party". ......
This essay shall primarily focus on the claims: 1) that there is a 'dominant class' which remains accessible only to those lucky enough to be born into it (a 'hereditary' ruling class); 2) that this class uses the state as a 'device' with which to maintain this dominance; 3) that this class acts in a 'dominating and subjugating' way to maintain its grip on power and money; and 4) that big businesses and wealthy individuals have a detrimental effect upon the majority of the working masses. ...
