These two different systems construct into two different theories; The distributional theory of social class and the relational theory of social class. ... This is divided into two systems; the open system and the closed system. #The distributional theory is more of an open system because "people can change their status with relative ease." ... #But this theory is more of a closed system, "where people have great difficulty in changing their status." ... #One common way is through the "caste" system to be found in India. ...

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Marx had a strong belief that the economic system to which an area conformed to had total control over every part of life. ... It is within this belief that Marx developed his theory of the relationship between crime and class and this also the basis of the conflict theory. ... Marx's theory states that the capitalist means of production creates a class conflict. This is very similar to the conflict criminological theory which states that crime is a function of class conflict. This theory uses the fact that law is defined by those who hold the political and social power. ...

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Along these lines, the fascination with delinquent behavior and the mind of the delinquent has prompted the development of numerous theories, and the continuous, yet rigorous, study of youth behavior. ... Our society tends to hold children in special regards in most cases, and the implementation of the juvenile court system led to the development of specific theories such as neutralization, labeling, and social control theories, by people which had a first-hand interest in these juvenile delinquency cases. These theories help investigators, parents, family, peers, and the community, to better ...

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Lenin made many contributions to the theory that became known as the Marxist theory. There are four major contributions that stand out, the first being the formation of the Vanguard party, the second being the alliance that was made between the peasants and workers, thirdly, the role of imperial capitalism in the world system, the fourth contribution would be the development of Marx's idea of state and its role. ... The third contribution that Lenin made to Marxist theory would be the role of imperial capitalism in the world system. ... The final contribution that Lenin made to Marxist...

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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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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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This "scientific socialism" theory that he formed was claimed to be based on a scientific study of history. Unfortunately, many of the assumptions on which he based his theories were wrong. ... City sidewalks and sewers were also being improved, with new sewage systems helping make cities healthier places to live in. The new sewer systems cut death rates dramatically. ... Change was good, but for Karl Marx, the new improvements and ideas did not help support his theory of the working class beginning a world revolution at all. ...

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In this essay I will look at sociological theories presented by Marx and functionalism, considering the degree to which it can be used to explain the actions of individuals and groups within a society. ... His Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy (1962) presents the theory that the structure of a human society (politically and ideologically) is determined by its economic power, and that human consciousness is driven by material possessions. ... Note : the key Marxist theory is based on industrial capitalism, and thus could be seen as somewhat outdated today. ... As a final mat...

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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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Marx believes that alienation of workers is rooted in the capitalistic system. ... The theory of alienation, as described by Karl Marx's Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844, is the separation of things that naturally belong to each other. Marx delineates this theory in four main points. ... The capitalist system degrades work to an act of economic practice, while Marx states that work is a social activity meant for the betterment of the community. ... Victor, who represents the proletariats, suffers greatly because of the oppression of the capitalistic system. ...

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Plows have been discovered that were made of wood, which supports the farming theory. ... There was evidence of a barter system. ... Intellectually smart they adopted a barter/trade system and used cowrie shells for currency. ...

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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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Social Stratification is a system in which groups of people are divided into layers according to their relative power, property, and prestige. ... World System Theory Industrialization led to four groups of nations. ... Dependency Theory How the least industrialized Nations grew dependent on the Most Industrialized Nations. ...

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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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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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Hammurabi's Code is the oldest known record of written law. This set of laws was written by King Hammurabi, the sixth king of Babylon, who ruled for for 43 years; 1792 to 1750 BCE. Hammurabi's code was written circa 1772 BCE, and it has approximately 282 codes which range from laws regarding propert...

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The Concept of Habitus For Bourdieu, habitus refers to socially acquire, embodied systems of durable dispositions, tendencies and inclinations, which he calls "the embodied history of being in social life". ... In developing the concept of cultural capital, Bourdieu explicitly argues that the educational systems propagate the illusion that a cultured habitus results either from intrinsic ability of the student or the teachers effort. Moreover, Bourdieu states that educational systems reproduces social structure and enhances social dichotomies by holding to the motto that all cultural capital ...

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Marxists criticize Durkheim's theory and state that religion doesn't always act as a conservative force and use Liberation Theology as evidence. ... Religion serves as a conservative force to preserve the capitalist system in their opinion. ... For example the Hindu caste system is a form of hierarchy. ... They follow this caste system with the belief that if they are in a low class in this life then they will be rewarded in their next life. ...

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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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Just as Edna starts to open her eyes as to who she is, a person of a lower class, Mademoiselle Reisz, helps to enlighten her as to who she really is and opens her eyes to the world outside of the class system. ... This shows that a sort of social vanity is held in high regard by what is supposed to be Edna's companion in theory, her husband. ...

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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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