Class dynamics of development: a methodological note

This article argues that class relations are constitutive of developmental processes and central to understanding inequality within and between countries. In doing so it illustrates and explains the diversity of the actually existing forms of class relations, and the ways in which they interplay with other social relations such as gender and ethnicity. This is part of a wider project to re- vitalise class analysis in the study of development problems and experiences

Sosiologi Politik

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The Sociological Prospect

Au moment de son émergence comme nouvelle science sociale, la sociologie a été caractérisée par la coexistence de schémas de pensée disparates et contradictoires. Depuis deux décennies, un important travail est en cours afin de construire des fondements plus solides à de futures théories sociologiques. Ce texte présente une vue d’ensemble de certains paradigmes de la discipline et attribue une place distincte au marxisme en tant que théorie explicative majeure encore loin d’être dépassée. L’avenir de la sociologie est entrevue à travers une période de renouveau probable que l’auteur espère n’être pas trop lointaine.Sociology emerged as a new social science characterized by the coexistence of disparate and conflicting schemes of thought. Since two decades, very important work has been done to provide a more secure basis for sociological theories of the future. The paper presents an overview of various paradigms and gives a distinctive place to Marxism as a theory having produced major explanations still far from being surpassed. The future of the discipline is seen through a possible period of renewal which, it is hoped, is not too far away