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Discuss whether the family is an institution which maintains the power of the ruling class.
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Discuss whether the family is an institution which maintains the power of the ruling class. Firstly and foremost: this statement is from the Marxist Theory perspective. Marxists are conflict theories. They see society as based on class conflict. Capitalist society contains two classes - capitalist class owns the means of production, such as factories, machinery and raw materials, while working class owns nothing but its labour power. To survive, therefore, the workers must sell their labour to the capitalists to exploit workers, making profits by paying them less than the value for what they have produced. This produces conflict between the classes. In capitalist society, all institutions - such as education, the media and religion ect - all half to maintain class inequality and exploitation. The family too serves the interests of capitalism, for example by reproducing the labour power of the workforce. Unlike functionalists, Marxists do not see social policies as benefiting...
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