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Summary Marxism and Social Inequality
Marxism and Social inequality
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Marxist approach to inequality- Conflict perspective-sees social world as divided between very wealthy and the
rest-society structured for benefit of richest people
- Traditional Marxists- inequality have been typical of all societies- one group has
always owned and controlled the resources needed for survival and the other
groups own little or nothing and so they are required to work for the wealthy
- Marxism suggests that inequality is part of structural relationship of all societies
- Ability to control production of wealth means that those who have the wealth also
have the power to control society in their own interest
Key features of capitalism
Owners of businesses must Owners of factories and
create surplus value from companies are in an
work of poor to maintain exploitative relationship
their power with poor
The poor do not realise that
they are being exploited by
the rich becuase they are
taught to accept the way
things are
Relationship between capitalist and worker
Capitalism requires Workers need
labour in the form capitalists so that
of the working they can earn
class so that wealth money to buy the
can be created for goods and services
the owners they require to live
- In capitalist system, bourgeoisie own means of production (factories or other means
of creating profit and wealth)
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