Zygmunt Bauman is one of the world’s leading sociologists. He is particularly interested in how the west’s increasing obsession with […]
A brief summary of Zygmunt Bauman’s Liquid Modernity, chapter one. A level sociology labels Bauman as a postmodern Marxist. Chapter
This post summarises Marxist theory for A-level sociology students. It includes key concepts, thinkers, and evaluation points, with a focus
Structural Marxism is a modern interpretation of Marxist theory developed by the French sociologist Louis Althusser. In contrast to traditional
Antonio Gramsci was a neo-Marxist thinker best known for developing the concept of cultural hegemony — the idea that the
Marxist Criminologists argue that the costs of elite crime are greater than the costs of street-crime, yet the elite are
In 2013 Kweku Adeboli was jailed for 7 years for committing the biggest White Collar fraud in UK history. This
To be updated soon….. All of the material below takes you to evidence that broadly supports two ideas held by
Covering crimogenic capitalism, selective law enforcement and the ideological functions of crime control
They marxist theory of crime focuses on how crime is a ‘natural outgrowth of the capitalist system and how the criminal justice system works for the benefits of elites and against the lower social classes.