Classes, Strata and Power (RLE Social Theory)

Part 1. Classes and Power 1. The Marxian Theory of Class Domination: An Attempt at Systematisation 1.1. The Marxian Theory of Society 1.2. The Theory of Class Domination 1.3. Domination and the Mechanisms of Government 1.4. The Problem of the 'Balance of Classes' 2. Dominant Class and Power Elite: The Dimensions of Analysis and their Interconnections 2.1. Fundamental Distinctions 2.2. Class and Elite 2.3. Class Domination and Elite Power 2.4. Power Elite and Class Interests Part 2. Strata and Power 3. The Functionalist Theory of Stratification: The Unequal Division of Income, Prestige and Power 3.1. Fundamental Propositions of the Theory 3.2. Some Problems of Interpretation of the Theory 3.3. The Mechanism of Selection 3.4. The Mechanism of Motivation 3.5. The Functional Aspect of Power and Stratification 4. The Processes of Transformation of the Class Structure in the Socialist Formation: Selected Problems 4.1. Perspectives 4.2. Socialist Society and the Marxian Theory of Class Structure 4.3. The Process of Decomposition of Class Attributes 4.4. Class Domination and Socialist Society 4.5. The Community and Conflict of Interests in Socialism 4.6. Contradiction of Interests Concerning Non-Economic Goods 4.7. Two Tendencies