Classical approaches and contemporary theoretical models of explanation of class/stratum social inequalites Cover Image

Klasični pristupi i savremeni teorijski modeli u razmatranju klasno/slojne nejednakosti u društvu
Classical approaches and contemporary theoretical models of explanation of class/stratum social inequalites

Author(s): Milovan Vuković, Aleksandra Vuković
Subject(s): Marxist economics, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Fakultet za pravo, bezbednost i menadžment ''Konstantin Veliki''
Keywords: social inequalities; stratification; class; class structure; class relations; stratum; occupation; Marxian tradition; Weberian tradition.

Summary/Abstract: It is well-knowm that the issues of social inequality, classes, class relations and class structure have been studied from sociological, political and economc perspectives. In the sociological research, Marx, Durkheim and Weber represent classical approaches to the study multidimensianal phenmenon such as social inequality, from one to another of which most modern theory originates. The main objective of this paper is to demonstrate that reading of classical and new studies dealing with social classes and stratification, provides a useful framework for productive integration of the various perspectives of social inequality. It is based on the sociological traditions rooted in the theories of Marx, Dukhemim and Weber. This paper highlights the practical value of statification theory in order to examine the complexity of contemporary social inequalities, shaped, mostly, by the globalization process and hegemony on neoliberal ideology. This aricle indicates that, despite some recent studies advencing the irelevance of class approach, class analyis remains an inevitable tool to undertand and explain social structure and inequalities.

  • Issue Year: 1/2021
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 19-45
  • Page Count: 27
  • Language: Serbian