There four theories that many scholars use in order to determine why a country is underdeveloped, such as modernization theory, dependency, Marxism theory, and imperialism theory. ... Another theory discussed was dependency theory, which is believed that the growth of rich countries has created the third world, and that international capitalism creates this block so that third world countries cant move forward (43). ... This class gap between the poor and the elite reflects very well with Marxism's theory. ... Marxism theory is based in the idea of system of wage labor, where the workers ...

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This assignment will focus on his main points of argument to support this theory. ... Bernstein's codes theory stated that, "between the school and community of the working-class child, there may exist a cultural discontinuity based upon two radically different systems of communication," (Bernstein, 1974, p.144) It was said there are two different language codes in operation within the setting of schooling. ... Following on from this, Bernstein speaks a lot about the relationship between the two codes and the class system. ... He incorporates arguments from academics that challenge Bernst...

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Critically Examine the Pluralist Theory of the State Before we can examine the pluralist theory of the state it is first necessary to define exactly what is meant by the term state'. ... The pluralist theory of the state is one such explanation. ... This view, of course, is pluralistic and shows exactly how pluralists believe a political system should work. To critically examine the pluralist theory of the state it is necessary to put it into context with other political theories. ... The theory of Marxism is third and last theory of the state that I will discuss. ...

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The caste system, which still exists in India today, is a system that determines a persons worth by birth and lasts a lifetime. ... Unlike slavery and the caste system, an individual can move either way in the class system. ... These are colonialism, world system theory, dependency theory, and the culture of poverty. ... The world system theory is about how all nations came to rely on what are called the core nations. ... The dependency theory is very much like the world system theory in that the least industrialized nations became more dependent on the most industrialized nations. ...

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Marxists see crime as a natural side affect of the capitalist system, they see it as inevitable, and unavoidable. ... Therefore if you put a liberal-capitalist society into practise according to Marxists you will inevitably inherit a system where self-promotion and self-gain outweighs the need for collective well-being. ... Also things become more unfair when you take on board the wider Marxist argument put forward by such Marxist sociologists as Paul Willis and Pierre Bourdieu whom claim that the existing working classes are kept in place by an unfair education system (which counters the func...

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Marx's vision of a communistic society has helped to pave the way for a better capitalistic system. ... While British society disproved some of Marx's theory, the people also exemplified it. ... In America capitalism was based on a laissez-faire economic system. ... In this way, I view his whole theory being instituted into society as idealistic, but some of his principles are still respectable. ... Communistic principles still survive through features in capitalism despite society's rejection of Marx's theory as a whole. ...

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In my opinion the best Sociology theory is the Marxist one. This is because the Marxists mainly base their ideology and theories on how the powerful people control the society, which influences how society works today. ... Thus, will lead to a materialistic capitalist system, which may force working class to commit crime as they have a lower income and may not be able to afford to buy things like the rest of the society. ... Law creation is another one of Marxists theories that suggested that most laws are passed by members of parliament whom are mainly from the Bourgeoisie. ...

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The Hindu Caste system, as with the Feudal system of western Europe, both saw inequality as natural, yet it was not until the seventeenth century that, by virtue of their humanity, all humans were thought to be born equal. ... The question of women and feminism also erodes away at the support of class theory. ... As this phenomenon has changed, so too has the need for alternative theories arisen. ... As work declines in importance in the twentieth century, so too do other factors become relevant for the analysis of stratification systems. ... It is important to note here that the arguments do ...

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Caste systems are a closed system where you can not move between classes. In England you were born into a closed system. ... Status consistency is when positions on the three dimension systems match up. ... In Sociology there is Conflict Theory, which most find it the most important in social change. Conflict Theory has seven factors which are as followes: 1. ...

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In his theory, each class must change in a specific and historically identifiable way. ... To become a communist society, Moore's theory states that the bourgeois class must become very weak or disappear. ... He argues, however, that it does not become a communist society because there is still a free market system allowing the bourgeois to prosper. ...

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To evaluate the above statement I am going to concentrate on the Marxist theories. ... Marxists criminologists believe that the legal system is not equal, it works against the subordinate classes and supporting the upper classes. ... Richard Quinney agrees with the above theory that poor housing and low income may force people to turn to crime for economic reasons. ... Also that crime committed by the working class is an attack on the capitalist system either subconsciously or consciously, and that this will lead to greater police surveillance. ... The law that makes murder illegal - this i...

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The Communist Manifesto reflects an attempt to explain the goals of Communism, as well as the theory underlying this movement. ... In the first section, it discusses the Communists' theory of history and the relationship between proletarians and bourgeoisie. ... Marx argues that each approach fails because it misses out on a key component of Communist theory. ... A well-balanced system wherein currency is exchanged for service, or intellectual property opens the door to a laborers '"'personal'"' advancement. It is well known that this system is also far from perfection...

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So prolific is he that his eponymous theories, Marxism, are still being employed by sociologists, philosophers, and economists alike to this day. ... Eventually creating the school of thought that is now known as Marxism, many theories and ideas espoused by Marx still have a firm influence in sociology (Marx and McLellan, 2000). ... Capitalism is "an economic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of capital goods, by investments that are determined by private decision, and by prices, production, and the distribution of goods that are determined mainly by competition in ...

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Critically discuss the concept of class and its relation to social stratification theories, in the current Australian context. ... In this essay I shall examine the concept of class, and its relation to social stratification theories by a number of theorists. ... Many theorists have attempted to explain their theories as to why social stratification and class exist. ... From this he distinguished a two-class system which comprised of the bourgeoisie (capitalist) class, and the proletariat (working) class. Weber criticised Marxs theory, and used economic differences of market capacity to ...

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These readings deal with the theory and ideas behind these readings, their applicability and evidence within the text. ... The theories specifically analyse the functions of society through times of constant change and upheaval. ... From this, Marx expands this to the theory of the "base and superstructure". This is where the base is the economic system in which the society runs, and the superstructure the cultural activities including philosophy, arts and literature. ... We see this evident as Iago seeks to break down these barriers, attacking the feudal system. ...

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The ways in which people=s life changes are related to their location in the society=s hierarchical class system and the influence those circumstances have on their future prospects. ... There are always the theories about why the world is the way it is. Two theories about stratification one the order theory and the second is the conflict theory both are far from being alike. The order theory summarizes that the most talented people assume the most important roles in society e.g. teacher, doctor, pastor, accountant. ...

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There are two forms of labeling within the education system, positive and negative, these labels can have an effect on children's education success and in turn their economic success which creates an unequal class divide as the majority of the negative labels are usually attached to working class and minority groups, however others argue that labels don't always affect a child's educational success as some children may use it as motivation and work hard to prove the labels wrong. ... Mary Fuller (1984) criticizes Becker as she found that the labeling theories are too determi...

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For example, the functionalists' theory of socialization is that society is structured by a value consensus, which is an agreement of shared beliefs and values. ... Marxist theorist Karl Marx (1971) devised the conflict theory which suggests there is inequality between two main social classes, the bourgeoisie, who are the upper ruling class, and the proletariat who are the working class. ... The Turkish working class have to work long hours for a very low wage resulting in a lot of poverty and there is a bigger class divide between upper and lower class whereas Britain now has a broader m...

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A number of different theories have been made to bring together an explanation on the ways in which social class is viewed and how society notices this effect. ... In correspondence to this, the "labeling theory" developed by (Becker, 1963), theory states that "deviance is not a quality of the act, since results from personality factors associated with committing deviance. ... Evidently to the theory, self identity as well as behaviors of individuals can be influenced by the terms used to describe them. ...

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Workers would be able to seize the state most probably through revolution, but possibly through political action, in order to change the system of government to reflect their needs. Marx's theory was that capitalism and democracy cannot coexist for long if most of the population continues to live in poverty. Either democracy will prevail as people vote out a system that has left them in poverty, or the capitalists will postpone the workings of democracy in order to preserve capitalism. ...

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The extract also attempts to address the origins of capitalism and that the evolution of capitalism and any development or change from one form of society to another has as its direct cause conflict over the system of production. ... This statement can be viewed as being a simple and obvious historical observation of social systems. ... A criticism of Marx and Engels theory of the history of social change is that they see each stage of history as having a conflict between classes and through this conflict there is an ascension to the next social order, however, this pattern does not fit the hi...

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The Poor Amendment Act of 1834 (promoting both individualism and capitalism within 19th century Britain society) withheld a heavy impact to the country's poverty relief system. ... Although propitious in theory, the law contained many flaws within its structure, and in return, its detriment towards the British working class inspired many forms of social criticism. ...

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The Communist Manifesto begins with Marx's generalization that " history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles." (Howard: 10) Marx describes the classes in terms of binary oppositions, with one party as oppressor, the other as oppressed. The complex and multi-member clas...

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State Capitalism was introduced as a mediation point by which to transfer the current economic system into a fully fledged westernised productive economy. ... It could be argued that Lenin's consolidation of power was abused in order to enforce a reinterpretation of Marxist theory. ... However the problem with this system was the peasants ended up being exploited by the employers and thus while Lenin survived it did create further problems for him. ...

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She likes many Hispanic as soon they become part of the United State system wants to forget their roots, or don't want their kids to be proud of where they come form. ... Foley's discussion is by far the most complicated of the three, in two ways: 1) his brings in much more social theory, and 2) the situation that he writes about is quite complex. ... There are several different varieties of political economy theory, but they all share two assumptions about society: First, they assume that the economy "the way that people use resources to make a living "is the main s...

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