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Major Social Forces at Work

Consider the major social forces in the workplace, such as poverty, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and social status, and reflect on the readings and your personal experiences. Describe at least three of the major social forces that impact work organizations and the labor market of most interest to you. Ground your response in scholarship by integrating the findings of two scholarly articles that expand on the theories presented in the readings. Compare and contrast your findings with the major sociological theories of Marx and Weber, and others as relevant.

 Marx, K., & Engels, F. (1969).  Manifesto of the Communist Party. (S. Moore, trans.) Marx/Engels Selected Works, 1. Moscow: Progress Publishers, pp. 98-137. Retrieved from: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848/communist-manifesto/ (Original work published 1848) 

  Marx, K. (1969). Value, price and profit. Retrieved from http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1865/value-price-profit/  (Original work published 1865). 

Weber, M. (1930). (T. Parsons & A. Giddens, trans). The protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism. Boston, MA: Retrieved from http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/WEBER/cover.html

Weber, M. (1944). Max Weber on bureaucratization [Speech]  Retrieved from http://www.faculty.rsu.edu/users/f/felwell/www/Theorists/Weber/Weber1909.pdf (Original work published 1909.)