Thomas Humphrey Marshall

Thomas Humphrey Marshall ( born December 19, 1893 in London, † November 29, 1981 in Cambridge ) was a British sociologist.

Life

Thomas H. Marshall was a professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science, there was one also Ralf Dahrendorf to his pupils. From 1964 to 1969 he was President of the British Sociological Association.

Work

Marshall's essay Citizenship and Social Class is rezipiert date again in connection with the discussion on civil society and civil rights. Marshall discussed in the problematic relationship between capitalist economics ( inequality) and political democracy (equality). With the historical outline of social stratification and the layering conflicting concept of citizenship, which grants all citizens the same civil, political and social rights, he could explain important stages in the course of capitalist industrialization and the emergence of the modern welfare state.

Aftereffect

Dahrendorf has included core thoughts Marshalls in his habilitation thesis Social classes and class conflict in industrial society. In recent times, the idea of ​​citizenship has been taken in numerous articles and book publications. From the German recipients in particular sociologists Hans -Peter Müller Walther Müller- Jentsch and Marshall's concept of citizenship have used and continue for their analyzes.

Writings

  • Citizenship and social class and other essays, Cambridge 1950 German: civil rights and social classes. On the Sociology of the Welfare State, translated by Elmar Rieger, Campus, Frankfurt am Main 1992, ISBN 3-593-34660-5
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