NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
SOCIOLOGY
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
|
|
being rich
|
|
the class owning the means for producing wealth
|
|
being poor
|
|
the class owning the working class
|
Detailed explanation-1: -Bourgeoisie. The bourgeoisie or capitalists are the owners of capital, purchasing and exploiting labour power, using the surplus value from employment of this labour power to accumulate or expand their capital.
Detailed explanation-2: -According to Marx, the bourgeoisie, also known as the capitalist or ruling class, are those who own the means of production and monopolize wealth, and stand in contrast to the working-class proletariat majority, whose labor-power is exploited by the bourgeoisie majority.
Detailed explanation-3: -Means of production is a Marxist term in origin. The means of production can be used to categorise the social classes into the bourgeoisie and the proletariat. The bourgeoisie own the means of production and the proletariat work the means of production.
Detailed explanation-4: -Marx defined the proletariat as the social class having no significant ownership of the means of production (factories, machines, land, mines, buildings, vehicles) and whose only means of subsistence is to sell their labor power for a wage or salary.