It also legitimates class inequality by producing ideologies that disguise its true motive. Bowles and Gintis argued that capitalism requires a workforce with the kind of attitudes, behaviour and personality-type suited to their role as alienated and exploited workers willing to accept hard work, low pay and orders. They argue there is a close relationship between the classroom and the work force this is often referred to as the correspondence principle in which it almost mirrors work format. It is argued that it operates through the hidden
Using material from item B and elsewhere assess the usefulness of Marxist approaches in explaining crime Marxism is a conflict theory established by Karl Marx. Marxists believe that the capitalist system is just a way in which the ruling classes (the bourgeoisie) control and exploit the workers (the proletariat), and it focuses on the unequal conflict between these two sectors of society. Marxists believe that the capitalist system is criminogenic – which means that by its nature it inevitably causes crime. As item B states, Marxists see crime in the capitalist system as ‘a tool of the ruling class’ where they can control the working class and crime is an unavoidable result because of the oppression the working class are subject to. They also believe that laws are enforced mostly to benefit the interests of the ruling class.
Marxists believe that the main role of the family is to serve the interests of Capitalism and Bourgeoisie. They believe the Capitalist society is based on the unequal conflict between the working class who are exploited by Capitalists for profit from their labour, and the Capitalist class who own the means of production. Marxists have found many ways in which they believe show that the family serves Capitalism. Firstly, Marx argues that due to the developmaent of the forces of production resulting in society's wealth rising, the development of private property increased. Eventually, this then brought the patriarchal monogamous nuclear family.
Crime and deviance is defined by the ruling class to protect their own interests. Traditional marxists believe the reform act introduced throughout the 19th century worked in favour of the capitalists, laws were passed to strongly protect private land while very heavy penalties were imposed for minor theft, extreme poverty was not taken into account. They would also argue that the working class have unequal
"The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins portrays a futuristic society set in a post-apocalyptic world; the novel exemplifies the perversion of Karl Marx's theory known as Marxism and the struggles between social classses. Collins shows the various ways in which a communistic society can be corrupted. It is human nature, to be greedy, selfish, lazy, and decietful; this is what ultimately forces Marxism to be an impossibility. A communistic based society would have no need for government simply because each individual would be more than willing to live their life according to the laws and ideas of Marxism. There would be a much greater chance of success for communism, if the location/environment was smaller and consisted solely of those in complete non-forceful compliance.
This is beneficial for the bourgeoisie because the family and education system will teach the norms and values, which are that the society in which they are living is correct. Education makes the proletariat believe in the ideology of Capitalism and will make the children learning believe in the myth of meritocracy. Marxists argue that the Capitalist ruling classes have deliberately discouraged the working class extended family once seen in the past. This is because
In recent times, there is a growing concern of wealth inequality in America. This has really drawn criticism and challenge to capitalism as the model of socio-economic structure. Debates surrounding this issue are often traditionally addressed through two models: communism and capitalism. Karl Marx, in his work, “The Communist Manifesto,” criticizes capitalism for it’s preaching of individualism and competition, which leads to the exploitation of the working class thus resulting in further antagonization between socio-economic classes. Marx ends his criticism by offering up the complete abandonment of capitalist system in favor of a communistic system in which socio-economic autonomy is in the hands of the state.
Whilst both functionalist and Marxists both see education as serving the ‘needs’ of industrial and or capitalist society, and view education as a powerful influence on students, they both have different views of the main role Marxists would argue that the education system reproduces existing social class inequalities, and passes them on from one generation to the next by giving the impression that those who fail in education do so because of their lack of ability and effort, and have only themselves to blame. In this way, people are encouraged to accept the positions they find themselves in after schooling, even though it is disadvantages arising from social class background that create inequalities in education success. Althusser argues that the education system serves the interests of capitalism by arguing that to prevent the working class from rebelling against their exploitation the ruling class wins their hearts and minds by persuading them to accept the ruling class ideology. They do this through a number of ideological state apparatuses such as the family, media, law, religion and the education system. Bowles and Gintis further reinforce this idea in their ‘schooling in capitalist America’ where they suggest that the workforce is reproduced through the hidden curriculum of schooling and the correspondence, or very close similarity between the social relationships at school and at work, and thought the role of the education system in legitimizing or justifying inequality.
“Assess Marxist views of the role of the family” Marxists believe that the ruling class (the bourgeoisie) exploit the working class (the proletariats). By exploit we mean they are used and taken advantage of. They believed this because the ruling class would only pay the working class minimum wage so they make the most profit, leaving the working class worse off. As a result of this the Marxists believe that the ruling class benefit in society. My initial response is that the Marxists are correct as the ruling class do have the choice to raise the workers’ wages but they still chose not to.
According to Marx, a class will then take action against those that are exploiting the lower classes. Marx largely focuses on one single factor--a capitalist society as the source of social stratification, which ultimately results in class conflict. He states that capitalism creates a division between classes which can largely be seen in manufacturing factories. The working class or, the proletariat is separated by from the bourgeoisie because production becomes a social enterprise. Contributing to their separation is the technology present in industrial factories.