Society

Cards (7)

  • Marx:
    • ‘Equality of outcome’‘dictatorship of the proletariat’ would abolish private ownership and remove all traces of Capitalism, leading to a classless society
    • Origins of inequality in private property
    • Individuals as the product of the society into which they were born
    • Social class the key determinant in an individual’s prospects, circumstances, and attitudes
  • Marx:
    • State maintains the traditional class system, leading to the exploitation of the working class, and therefore it needs to be destroyed
    • Egalitarianism: need for comprehensive social justice to ensure the possibility of greater equality of outcome
  • Luxemburg:
    • ‘Equality of outcome’
    • State maintains the traditional class system, leading to the exploitation of the working class, and therefore it needs to be destroyed
    • Social class the key determinant in an individual’s prospects, circumstances, and attitudes
    • Individuals as the product of the society into which they were born
    • Egalitarianism: need for comprehensive social justice to ensure the possibility of greater equality of outcome
  • Webb:
    • ‘Equality of outcome’
    • Evolutionary progression of society: socialist government intervention would promote social justice and equality
    • Social class the key determinant in an individual’s prospects, circumstances, and attitudes
    • Individuals as the product of the society into which they were born
    • Egalitarianism: need for comprehensive social justice to ensure the possibility of greater equality of outcome
  • Crosland:
    • Less emphasis on class
    • Social inclusion: removing obstacles that limit social justice/equality
    • People’s situations are not determined by class, but by social environment/circumstance
    • Acceleration of social mobility leading to a classless society
    • ‘Equality of opportunity’
  • Giddens:
    • Social mobility has removed class from society and therefore the new society should focus on community responsibility, where communities are empowered to ensure high quality social environments
    • Social inclusion: removing obstacles that limit social justice/equality
    • People’s situations are not determined by class, but by social environment/circumstance
  • Giddens:
    • Acceleration of social mobility leading to a classless society
    • Less emphasis on class
    • Accepts individualism but stresses that people live, work and thrive in a community- therefore they have both rights and responsibilities within a society
    • ‘Equality of opportunity’