Marxism

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This is a macro conflict theory that looks at society on a large scale and analyses how the bourgeoise dominate the proletariat.

They argue that we are passing through a capitalist phase that will lead to communism. As time passed and communism failed to appear, Marxism has settled into being a critique of the way a capitalist society has exploited everybody.

·         They believe that there is conflict between the bourgeoise and the proletarian

·         The bourgeoise own the means of production and the proletariat only have their labour power to sell

·         The bourgeoise are a small group of people that own most of the money and the means of production

  •  They can employ the proletariat and pay them very small wages, meaning that the proletariat cannot save money and they remain

Upper class = royals, nobles, aristocrats. Inherited wealth

Middle class = businesses profits

Working class = wages for selling their labour

 Revolution

Marxshowed how society goes through different stages in the way it is organised. At the end of each stage, there is a big

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