In today’s urban society‚ values such as an arranged marriage and caste levels do not seem like they could be relevant. However‚ in many countries around the world‚ these values are still present. In India‚ every person is born into a different class rank and once they are in their class it is very hard to change it. In Aravind Adiga’s novel‚ The White Tiger‚ he describes the story of Balram’s life and how he overcame the caste system in India; in doing so‚ a Marxist perspective could be used to
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expelling all but the most fundamental disagreements. He stood for the rigid reaffirmation of Marxian ideas and fundamentals- dialectical materialism and irreconcilable class struggle. 14. What did Lenin add to Marxism? He developed and transformed it into a first-rank element of Marxism certain theories of “imperialism” and of the “uneven development of capitalism‚ that is captilism that
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Examine some of the ways in which Marxists explain crime Marxist theories of crime‚ including the more recent neo-Marxist theories‚ are conflict approaches. They see society based on conflict between social classes‚ and social inequality caused by capitalism as the driving force behind crime. One way that Marxists explain crime is through the law. Marxists argue that the law functions to reinforce the ideology of society – the power of the ruling class over the working class. Many laws can be seen
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Assess the contribution of the Marxist theory to the sociological understanding of crime and deviance. (21 marks) Marxism is a macro/structural approach to society‚ meaning that it looks at the large-scale societal structure for answers about how society works and operates and explores crime and deviance in relation to classes within a capitalist society. Marxists claim that laws do not reflect a value consensus‚ instead laws and law enforcement benefits the rich (protection of private property)
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Explain and Assess the Marxist explanation of Crime and Deviance According to Wickham (1991)‚ deviance is behaviour that violates the standards of conduct or expectations of a group or society. Karl Marx says that deviance is due to unequal power relationships and is a function of class struggle. Crime‚ however‚ is an act of deviance prohibited by law. The conflict theory of crime states that those in the higher social classes will benefit more from the government‚ compared to those in the lower
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Sociology 1.1 Compare and contrast two of the following sociological views on the role of the education system in society The two perspectives which I will be looking at are Functionalism and Marxism The functionalists and the Marxists both believe that the education system benefits everyone‚ but both have different views on society. The Marxist views of the education system are that there are conflicts because there is an inequality between the working class and the higher classes. They
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Explain why did‚ the Menshevik and Bolshevik split happened in 1903? Until 1903 the Bolsheviks and the Mensheviks were a single party called the Social democrats. They wanted a communist Russia‚ following the ideas of Marxism. However with in the party of the social democrats there were two men‚ Lenin and Plekhanov whom of which had two completely different ideas on how the party was going to be successful in achieving the revolution‚ causing a split in the social democrats. Both parties’
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belief that human thought is a “product of the individual’s social and economic condition is one of the primary tenets of Marxism” (Holcombe 1259) and “that the weak or less fortunate are always exploited by the richer bourgeoisie” (1259). With this in mind‚ much of the play is flooded with this Marxist theme and can be seen from each of the main character’s perspectives. Marxism has to do with the unequal division of wealth and power in society‚ where the subordinates of society are kept powerless
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through our primary interaction with others beginning at home and continuing onto schooling and work. Our beliefs aren’t always set in stone and can change through time and growth and the interaction with others once outside the family domain. There are many explanations beginning with Durkheim who was a functionalist‚ there is Merton who doesn’t totally agree with Durkheim but adopted his theory on ’Anomie’ and made it his own. Michelle Deluce Tutor: Joanne Green CRIMINOLOGY Page 1 CRITICALLY
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Functionalists agree with many of the positive aspects of the family such as provision of care and teachings of norms and values. The three main functionalist sociologists in this topic are Murdock‚ Parsons and Fletcher‚ who all have a different view towards family but main argument is the functions it provides for society. Murdock believes that the family have to provide 4 main functions: primary socialisation‚ financial support‚ the meeting of sexual and emotional needs and reproduction. These
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