Explanation of the ways in which social class can be determined is accurate in terms of accepted sociological perspectives and current practice.

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Explanation of the ways in which social class can be determined is accurate in terms of accepted sociological perspectives and current practice.

Models have long been used to show theories of how our society works. Karl Marx used a two-class model and constructed his Marxist theory in terms of the relationships between the two main classes: the bourgeoisie (capitalists) and the proletariat (working class).

The burgeoning Industrial Revolution of the 19th century brought about some of the most significant changes in economic history. At this time Karl Marx developed his theory of the class struggle. Marx considered the bourgeoisie the employers: a reactionary force that maintained a superior position in society by holding back the advancement of the proletariat or working class. He predicted that the proletariat would one day rise up to replace the bourgeoisie as the dominant economic class by taking over the means of production.

The proletarians were the class of industrial wage earners: the class of industrial workers whose only asset is the labour they sell to an employer (the bourgeoisie).

Marx other theory, Neo-Marxist recognises that everyone within the two