Marxist Theory, Power Elite Theory And Pluralist Theory

Marxist Theory, Power Elite Theory and Pluralist Theory demonstrates many various ways power is measured and how it causes inequality within society. Karl Marx was a major proponent of the Marxist Theory. Marx believed that society operated through a variety of social classes. Marx was mainly focused on the elite and the social classes who struggled in society due to finances (working class). Marx demonstrated how capitalism divides society into two separate social classes. Marx points to the wealthy as the social class that dominates with money and often overlooks the working class. The particular social class will have economic power over those who labor of good and services. Additionally, Marx had the understanding that the more the working

The author Berquist, Jon L (2015) states, “politicians and corporate executives not only create policies that affect one another’s institutions but also socialize together, share loyalties to the same schools, join the same clubs, attend the same functions, and contribute to the same causes. Also, members of the power elite possess extensive personal resources in addition to their control over larger societal resources” (p. 1). Another distinction between Marxist, Pluralist, and Elite theory’s is that the Pluralist and Marxist theories are led by structure functionalism and they both have specific functions in society while Elite are not controlled by interest groups. According to authors “the existence of elites does not necessarily negate the impact of interest group” (p. 74). While there are clearly some distinctions in the Theories they do have few similarities.
Marxist and Elite theories believes that power is controlled by smaller entities, they both exploits people. The author Susan et al (2013) state that “pluralist Model and Elite … We believe that these are not incompatible but rather different aspects of the same reality” (p. 74) Also Marxist and pluralist Theorist agrees that the dominant class are motivated by political and economic power. The most important function of all three theories is that it causes inequality to people in society that results in conflicts. Helping professionals such as social worker has to navigate ways to advocate for human