Developments in Neo-Weberian Class Analysis. A Discussion and Comparison

Abstract

This article deals with some contributions to literature on Weber's theory about social stratification emerged from studies of the last forty years. Scholars' attention has been devoted to status group as a social and legal category concerning lifestyle, collective identity social ranking and exclusion practices rather than on economic condition. These analyses pave the way to an exact idea of Weber's notion of economic and social class and to its recent interpretation. The last paragraph develops conceptual and theoretical comparisons on literature dealing with Marx's and Weber's interpretations of the world exploitation. From a more general point of view, the paragraph compares the two scholars' contributions to studies about inequality.