To what extent are social divisions in a society avoidable? In your answer, draw on two social divisions explored directly on the module teaching programme.

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To what extent are social divisions in a society avoidable? In your answer, draw on two social divisions explored directly on the module teaching programme.

This assignment will state the importance of social divisions relating to class and gender, in modern British society. Social division as well as theories need to be discussed, which also highlights the difference of conclusions to the inter relations of social divisions.

The term Class is frequently visualised within a hierarchical request. which states the lower, middle and higher class. The upper class consists of the highest socio-economic individuals with power and wealth for instance the queen, the middle class is the socio-economic class between the lower class and the upper class. It includes professional men, bankers and merchants. And finally the lower class is looking at people with low income or receiving welfare some of which are homeless “the poor, unemployed or dependent on benefits” (Haralambos, 2004 pg 59).

The organisation of feudal estates as well as the Plebians in Ancient Rome were structures, of a variety of legal rights and are formally associated with particular classes within society. These legal orders were expressed as status groups by Weber. Class is still used in society to represent the hierarchical status of groups and individuals within the society.

 

Classes give details of different layers of issue inequality and identify actual or even the potential social forces, which increase the capacity to alter the society. Marx, expresses class struggle as a great motive force within human history.

There have been some disadvantages among Karl Marx and Max Weber about  class exploitation. Marx understands this situation is ambiguous (lecture notes) and viewed  as a class conflict as the main start of social change, but Weber’s idea was that the class conflict be contingent (lecture notes), which obtains a high potential to take place, but by no means is it unavoidable. The founding of the debate as to the declining significance of class is therefore well established in the roots of sociological theory (Crompton, 1993).

Karl Marx theory indicates its Social class, this is made apparent when he said that there are two class models the Bourgeoisie and the proletariat. The bourgeoisie are those who provide work for other people to work for them, whereas’ the lower class who earn their living by working for the bourgeoisies. reflected exploitation was the theory in class division. The results of this Marx theory was an increasing class, conflict and divide by the two groups the bourgeoisie and the proletariat.

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max Weber’s theory  initialises with individuals. Weber said that there is a multi class model and with the aim there are social classes,  status and party groups. Weber was aware that the capitalism leads to class division and a mixture between status party and class. The result of this theory was increasing social diversity and complex mix of personal, group and class conflicts (De-Mont, 2006).    

An employment is known as the main sources of experimental evidence for arguments, relating to the declining significance of class in the late twentieth century. Britain, America and other parts of the ...

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